John Brandon wrote:
>>Just for the fun of it, mine:
>>1848-1924
>>1856-1885
>>1844-1921
>>1857-1951 (second wife)
>>1864-1935
>>1861-1932
>>1858-1944
>>1867-1956
>>
>>I may have met the last one, but was too young at the time to
>>remember.
>>(1861-1932 is also the youngest sibling of 1844-1921.)
>>
>>I have a friend, age 50, who has a living grandparent and also a
>>sibling with grandchildren: five generations alive at once.
>
>
> My great-grandfather born 1850 was the son of a man born in 1813, so
> one of my great-greats was born almost 200 years ago (he was the one
> who thoughtfully committed suicide downstairs in his Iowa farmhouse
> while the wifey and fourteen children were sleeping upstairs).
One of my grandfathers was born in 1879. His father was born in 1830.
And his father was born in 1788.
