Have you met your great-grandparents?

no. they were no longer around when i was born. i was fortunate enough to have met my maternal grandma and paternal grandpa, but that's all. i had memorable childhood with both of them but they both passed away just before my teens. both sets of great grandparents passed away right before and during the war. and my maternal grandpa, when mom was 16. while my paternal grandma, the year before i was born. my grandpa once showed me a picture of his dad back in the service before the war. and he told me a few stories of life back then. my parents sometimes tell us stories too, but they were also very young when they have lost their grandparents so not much to tell. it would have been amazing to have met them. i wish my mom would be able to see her great grandchildren too. in our travel last year to hongkong, i brought my mom, my nephew and nieces, my brother, and one of my sisters-in-law... and at one point i was amazed at how we looked... 7 people from 3 generations traipsing around the streets of a foreign land for a week. it was a great memory to share with the kids and with my mom. we hope to do it again in a few months, either in vietnam or in japan.

I have seen pictures of my great grand parents but have only had the chance to spend time with one of them. It was my grandmother's mother. I remember going to her house as a child and playing with all of here knick knacks. She actually made sure that I have my favorite one just before she passed. We went on vacation to Florida with her once when I was little too. We went there every year because my grandmother's brothers had moved there and had families. My great grandmother rode in the back wit me the whole trip.

No I have not met my great grandparents but My son has had the chance to see both sides great grand parents.

Hi Porcospino I have seen my grand mother i.e. my mother's mother and her mother i.e. my grand mother's mother but I have not seen my grand father (mother's father)and my father's parents as they expired before my birth. It is really very exciting if you can see all your grand parents but I could not see all of them. My father told about his parents and showed their photographs. Have a nice day.

I think i am a lucky person amongst you all because now i am 27 and i have my grandparents with me from fathers side my grandfather is 85 years and grandmother is 80 years.and from my mother side my grand father expired 4 years back but i have my grandmother who is near abt 82 years.i love my grand parents very much.My gran d father use to leave me for my by school bus.and many more happy movements i enjoyed with them.

Hello Porcospino, I am really surprised for your friend. Your friend is really really lucky to have seen his big upline of family members. On my side well, I have seen my father's and mother's father and mother. My father's father past away a few years back and my mother's father a long time back. My mom says that her grandmother was the one gave me bath always when I was a crawling baby but then she past away before I could start recognizing people so I don't remember her. Well thats all I have to say on my side... I just know the names of my great grandfathers and grandmothers though... just due to curiosity I troubled my parents and came to know about it :)

I only got to meet one. My great-grandmother on my father's side. Though I don't remember her much as I only saw her a few times when I was little. I do remember wondering who she was at a birthday party once. LOL I think the last time I her was when I was about 5 or 6 years old and she passed away a couple of years later. She did live until she was 94 years old, so she had a pretty long life, considering none of my grandparents lived anywhere near as long as that. Happy mylotting!

I was lucky enough to meet my grandma on my mother's side's grandparents. I got to spend nine years of my life with my great-grandfather and sixteen years of my life with my great-grandmother. It was neat to have a relationship with these people. I think what made them the most interesting is that they had lived through so much of the history of this country. My great-grandfather was the last living WWI veteran of the little city where he lived. My daughter, was slightly more blessed. She's been able to meet two of her great-grandmother's and two of her great-grandfathers.

I wish i could--wish i did meet them. They were long gone even before i was born. I met two of my grandmothers on both sides but never my grandfathers. I was told that my grandfather in my mother side, used to carry me during my first few months on earth when he was still alive. They came from a very poor family and also in a far flung areas so basically having a picture is almost next to impossible. Currently, my grandmother in my father side is the only one alive. My great grandparents were never been seen, heard or felt, LOL...Scary...

i was never told about my great grand parents , and i have never even seen a pic of theirs.

i never did cos my dad and my mum married late