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Re: Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn't mean you will be.
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 11 November 18 13:34 GMT (UK) »
 Groom wrote
GGGG grandparents die at  70   and 80   so son dies at 75
GGG   grandparents die at  65   and 75   so son dies at 70
GG grandparents die at 60 and 70  so son dies at 65
GP die at  55 and 65  so son dies at 60
Parents die at 50 and 60 so you die at 55.

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So I have 11 years left.

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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 11 November 18 14:28 GMT (UK) »
My mother has already outlived both of her parents, both of whom died of natural causes.  With improved medical care over the years and fewer people smoking than in decades past, I imagine outliving your parents is not unusual.

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Re: Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn't mean you will be.
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 11 November 18 16:27 GMT (UK) »
My dad was 48 when he died. The last of his 6 children has just turned 49. What we didn't know was that he had rickets as a child, hence his early death. His parents were 84 and 85 when they died.
Broadley (Lancs all dates and Halifax bef 1654)

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Re: Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn't mean you will be.
« Reply #12 on: Monday 12 November 18 14:24 GMT (UK) »
I always tell my grandchildren that when my grandmothers were my age they were both dead!!

My maternal gran died aged 72 of a cerebral haemorrhage having had hypertension most of her life, whereas I have very low blood pressure.  My paternal gran died aged 66 of cancer of the pancreas and I hope I never get that.  Both my grandparents died when my parents were young.  My paternal grandfather was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1926 when my dad was 14 and my maternal grandfather died of TB in 1922 when my mum was 11. However, my father died aged almost 92 and my mother aged almost 96 and I'm hoping to outlive both of them.


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Re: Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn't mean you will be.
« Reply #13 on: Monday 12 November 18 15:03 GMT (UK) »
You can never tell. In my wider family going back to 1695 there have been some very long livers, like died 97 in 1757. Then again not a few who died in their early 40's.

Heard an interesting article on Radio4 Today recently. 64 is the expected life expectancy in good health. Thereafter declining health. I was lucky, I started to go downhill at 72. Modern medical science can keep people alive much longer than 64, but that's existence, not life.
Griffiths Llandogo, Mitcheltroy, Mon. and Whitchurch Here (Also Edwards),  18th C., Griffiths FoD 19th Century.

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Re: Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn't mean you will be.
« Reply #14 on: Monday 12 November 18 21:22 GMT (UK) »
I have outlived my parents, my grandparents and my great grandparents.
Must be that low cholesterol low sugar diet the result of rationing in my childhood.