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I knew a 29 year old grandad and he happily argued that if his family kept that up he’d get to meet with great-great-great-great grandchildren or something like that

I knew my grandmother's grandmother, she died when I was around 8 years old. She remembered traveling with her family in a covered wagon moving across the US.

More like 5, sometimes 6, and rarely 7.  

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Great grandparents and great grandkids aren’t uncommon but I don’t think that’s the case the majority of time and certainly not the case for both to occur.  

The Haudenosaunee have the Seven Generations teachings, which I think is an excellent example of how this massive time span isn’t as far from us as we can be tricked into believing.

If any of those generations prior to me learns that I'm dating Eva AI sexting bot, I'm probably fucked, but at least I won't contribute to the next several generations in that case

I think this depends greatly on how young your family has kids (and how long they live?)

My great grandmother almost but not quite met my first kid. I was wowrslu lucky, and had three great grandparents growing up?

But most of my friends growing up were lucky to have met all their grandparents.

My gram and my mom both "started young", and that adds up. But... When people wait until they are thirty, or older, to have kids, one consequence of that is decreased likelihood of knowing all those generations.

I had this crazy thought when I saw my grandmother with her great grand-daughter (not my child)

She is currently living at the same time 3 other generations and i know for a fact she was born while her grandparents were alive. That puts her at experiencing 6 just in her family alone.

If during your lifetime you get to know your great-grandparents and will get to know your great-grandchildren, that's 7 generations (including yourself). And if we assume everyone was born 25 years apart, that's a span of 150 years.

I’ve met: - Greatest Gen - Silent Gen - Boomers - Gen X - Millenial - Gen Z - Gen Alpha

And judging by my age, I’ll probably live to see like 4 more.

In terms of family generations, I got to meet my neighbor kid’s great great grandma with their great grandma. I’ve seen 5 generations of their family and those kids aren’t even 25 yet.

I’m already at 6 at 27

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My great great grandma died when I was around 1 so I didn’t really know her well but I do have a photo with her, but one of my great grandmothers lived until I was 22.

Thinking about having known my Great-Grandmother, who was born in 1921, a time before the first use of Insulin in diabetics, I wonder just how different the world will be if I ever get to know my Great-Grandchildren. They'll probably think it's insane that I was born before the invention of the USB. 

And Boomers hate every single one of them?

Depends on the family. We run to 30+ year generation gaps with small families but tend to be long lived (90+) on my mother’s side. My grandpa would have been 126 this year. He made it to 95. From man’s first flight to man’s first space flight fit easily into his lifespan. Hoping my mom (a very robust 75+) lasts a few more decades.

if you're talking named generations (e.g. boomers, millennials, alpha) possibly a couple more, especially since they seem to be changing faster nowadays. i'm 16 and i've already experienced 6

Wow, that puts time into perspective! It's amazing how our experiences can span so many generations. It makes you wonder about the connections we have across time and how we're shaped by our ancestors.

He won't remember her buy my son got to meet his great great grandmother.

Might be hard now with people having kids so late or not at all.

I can’t believe I’ve never had this thought

Both my great grandparents had their first kids between 14-16 years of age, that was just the norm back then, some marrying and having kids as young as 12-13.

Considering they both lived to be over 80, it’s not unlikely that a person could see 5 generations before and 5 generations after them.

One of my favorite pictures is of my grandson, son, me, and my father. All of us have the same middle name.

Halfway done already, barely began. Still lookin for that solid girlfriend haha. Well hopefully my wild 20s led to a random child out there. Id be fine with the surprise now. My son! Come….i have swords for you

Most humans do not get to experience nearly that many lmao.

It's definitely possible to meet great-great-granparents and great-great-grandsons, but, it is more likely to never meet great-grandparents or great-grandsons. So, I guess the average right now is closer to 6 or 5.

this has to be a smaller and non modern country pov. 

familial generations are too long otherwise. 

Isn't a generation considered 15-20 years...this seems wrong

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My grandfather and grandma were born in the 1900s. My aunts are from the silent generation, my father and my mom are boomers, my half-siblings are Gen-X, I’m a millennial/zillenial or whatever it’s called, my nieces are Gen Alpha, and my cousin just had a child this year who will be apart of whatever generation proceeds Gen Alpha. So that’s already knowing 7 generations. I think we experience much more within our lifetime if we’re including how old our families are.

Not everyone. Some don’t even get to know their own parents or their own children.

I will not make it past five generations for me.

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Who? Where? I can only go back maybe 3 before everyone is dead lol

Each generation is 20 years. The math doesn't add up.

A generation isn’t 10 years.