Remember any great grandparents?

[Marlfox]

Any of you know a great grandparent beyond the age of 10 and have a meaningful relationship with them? Just thinking it seems rare. I only remember meeting one of mine a couple of times when I was under 5.

 

[Crystal]

My mother only knew her siblings and met her mother twice. My father's grandparents died when I was 2-ish, so nope

 

[Marlfox]

That’s what I mean, those of us who knew our grandparents well are lucky even for that. Odds of knowing closely a great grandparent must be so stacked against the average person. Got to be someone out there though, right?

 

[Quagmire]

I did, my GG (great grandma) lived until her 90's and I was 25 or so when she passed.

I had another pass when I was around 7

At one point all 4 great grandmas were alive when I was born. One passed not long after I was born and then another maybe around 10 or so but I had only met her once as she lived far away

 

[Mark]

I met and remember all but one of my great-grandparents. My great grandfather on my mom’s side was apparently a nasty drunk that was wealthy and disowned my grandmother. I knew all the others, although my great grandfather on my dad’s side did die before I turned 10. I’m the third oldest out of my generation out of my immediate family, I only have two cousins older than me with the eldest being 6 years older.

My great grandma on my mom’s side was an amazing southern cook and guitarist. My great grandfather on my dad’s side was a WWII veteran, and my great grandmother on my dad’s side was native. Those are all the most prominent things I remember about them these days.

 

[A Slightly New Used Server]

None of the great grandfathers. Two of my head grandmothers were alive when I was born, though the one who lived near us died when I was about 3. Have some pictures of us, and extremely vague memories, but that's it.

The one who lived later I remember slightly better because we visited while I was a bit older. I think she died sometime when I was between 8 and 10 though. I don't know for sure because the last time we were able to visit I was 6. She lived in Canada and it was a giant family reunion with all her descendants (she had 11 kids that lived to adulthood). She was in a wheelchair by that point, and her grandkids called her Nanny. That's also what we called my grandmother (her daughter), so we called her Great Nanny.


I don't have kids yet, but at this point there's only one grandparent left between my wife and I. Hopefully our future kid(s) will get to meet her.

 

[Meathos]

Mine was 100 when he died. I was 23. He'd been in North Africa, Sicily, possibly Ortona, and into Germany during the war. He was 27 when he volunteered. He told me lots of stories.

My grandfather, his son in law, had been to Laos/Vietnam for his war, and didn't tell me as many stories.

They died 6 weeks apart. They were best friends.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

My great grandma in my dad's side who everyone called Grandma G died in her mid-90s right around 2010. She was the oldest living relative that I knew.

 

[Marlfox]

Amazing shares all, thanks. The only great grandfather I met was a tinkerer navy engineer. Too old to do much DIY when I came along, but his house had lots of his handcraft furniture. Would have loved to know him old enough to have some real conversations.

 

[shortkut]

My great-grandmother loved to be 104 and died when I was around 8 or 9. I have some clear memories with her and some vaguer ones

 

[Boots]

My granny (my mom's mom's mom) lived to be 96. She outlived two husbands, got married in secret on her lunch break when she was 16, and didn't learn to drive until she was in her 50s (after her first husband died). I was a teenager when she died. The day before she died, I was in town visiting with my sister. She told me I was the smart one in the family.

My mom's mom also got married at 16, had my mom at 18. My mom had me at 31. So the young marriages are probably the only reason I got to know Granny.

I cropped out the rest of the family:


I never met my dad's parents let alone any grandparents on that side. They both died in '83 before my brother and I were born.

Here's my dad's dad in 1939 building the Chicago subway.

 

[Boots]

He'd been in North Africa, Sicily, possibly Ortona, and into Germany during the war. He was 27 when he volunteered. He told me lots of stories.

Very cool. My dad's father was born 1918, drafted at 22 in 1940. Served in the army. Died 1982. Don't know much there.

My mom's father was born in 1928. He enlisted when he was 16. Served in the army 11th airborne division, was sent to Japan in 1945. He served in the Marines during the Korean War, received a purple heart and other medals. He was shot in the ass, came home and got married to a girl from his neighborhood (they were 24 and 16). He was a brick and stone mason and helped coach sports. He didn't talk about either war much, except he always called japanese people "japs". We had a real special relationship and he was the last of my grandparents to pass away.

 

[aiat_gamer]

Unfortunately for me, I did not even get to have meanful relationships with my grandparents. From the mother side they both died long before I was born, and from father side we barely had any contact with them so I do not know how does it feel to actually have grandparents.

 

[Jawneh]

Never knew any of my great grandparents. I actually have no memory of anyone of my parents or grandparents ever talking about them. Kind of surreal really. I don't even know any of their names. That's eight people. My mind is blank.

Grandparents though, I had a good relationship with all of them. Well, I'm not 100% sure about my mom's dad as he was the stereotypical strong silent type. Never rude or agressive, but I had no idea what he was thinking or feeling at any given time. Odds are he was fine with me and just never showed anything.

My wife's great grandma was around until fairly recently and I got to meet her. Great lady who was a mother for almost a dozen children. Very sweet and accepted me fairly well even though I was some foreigner who married one of her granddaughters lol.