Duh! Finish reading the title,lol

@dfollin (26230)
United States
May 31, 2025 8:55pm CST
Earlier I saw a news story is said that said, " Last living grandson of the 10th President John Tyler dies" And I said, "What? How could that be?" LOL Well Duh! finish reading the title!.......... " at 96" Makes senses now! I felt like a real dummy! The president was 63 when his son Lyon Gardiner was born. Then Lyon was 75 when his son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928 and his grandfather had been deceased for more than 60 years! I remember my elderly cousin was the last living child of a veteran from the Civil War. My friends thought I was telling a tall story. My cousin was his father's youngest son from his second marriage. His father was 72 when he was born! Some
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@kareng (74854)
• United States
1 Jun
Interesting. I guess they had rather young wives too.
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@dfollin (26230)
• United States
1 Jun
My cousin's mother was 39 when he was born.
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@kareng (74854)
• United States
1 Jun
@dfollin My mother was 40 when my little brother was born. I was 4 days shy of turning 15 and was for sure I didn't want to go through that at age 40 after he reached age 5!
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@dfollin (26230)
• United States
1 Jun
@kareng Lol! Me and my sister were 2 years and 4 days apart.
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22h
Wow they were quite old when they produced kids Must have been something in the water. How old were their wives
@JudyEv (354736)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Jun
I've been guilty of not reading ALL of an email and then finding out lately that I had everything wrong.
@LindaOHio (189926)
• United States
1 Jun
Interesting. I think about people that are 100 years old and all the advancements they've been witness to.