We will be grandparents probably near or in our 50s.

Half of my nieces are moms at 21. This is in Utah.

Out here in the Midwest I don't know anyone personally that became a grandparent in their 40s. I haven't heard of anyone's kids becoming parents at 21.

It is interesting to both my wife and I. I think she is shedding at least that crazy idea we grew up with that she was an old maid when we married.

Teenage pregnancies, many unmarried, make mother's g/ma's in their middle to late 30's, especially if they had their child as a teenager.
Of course, that has nothing to do with religion, that I can tell.

I was born when my mother was 22, and I had my first child when I was 22, that made my mother just around 45 when she became a g/ma. My grandmother born in the late 1800's gave birth to my mother when she was 20.

Aauuugh! I had DD when I was 37 and I still think I'm too young to be a mother! :-) I felt so freaking old when one of my best friends from high school became a grandma at 43.

Both she and her daughter had babies at age 18.

I'm 52 and don't expect to be a gma for many years.

TG

There is one good thing about this and it is the grandkids won't have dinosaurs for grandparents. By the time I was old enough to actually know mine they were in their 70's.

in her early 50s... and yes, the DO live in a trailer actually.

I was grandma at 32 and a great grandma at 49

My sister-in-law Mary Ann, a mother at 17, a grandmother at 34.
A Southern California gal, very middle class, a beautiful woman.
Into sports, boating and race cars - inactive LDS.

My sister was a grandmother at 42. She got married at 19 and had her first of two kids at 20. The oldest got married at 21 and was a father at 22. No Mormons in the scenario, just Methodists. Oh, and we're all staunch Midwesterners.

Getting married young was the thing to do when my sister got married (1972) so I don't think young grandmotherhood (new word!) is uncommon for people my sister's age. To have that happen nowadays, though, is a bit strange.



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My TBM mormon stepmonster had her first kid at 16. He, in turn, impregnated his girlfriend at 17. She was a Gramma by 33. Great Gramma by her late 50s.

...22.

Living in Utah County.

I'm only 30, but when I see 20 year-olds with kids, they just look like babies to me. I can't imagine having a kid that young, although I know it's the norm for places like Utah. I, at least, knew something about kids after having raised my 5 younger siblings. But half of these girls don't know what the hell they're doing.

I knew a lady (neighbor of a friend) who was a grandma at 29. Had her first daughter at 15. That daughter had a child a 14. Not LDS to be sure. More like meth-head welfare party queens.

Lets see, that granddaughter was about 10 the last time I saw her (about 20 years ago). So I would lay money that she's a great-grandma by now, if not a great-great grandma.

My sister became a grandma at 41--she now has 7. She is 17 months older than I am in age and my kids aren't even married yet (but then I got married at 27 and she got married at 21).

Her 3 children all had babies at age 19 and were not married. They all followed in each other's footsteps--rebelling against their controlling mother. I have to say she is a good grandma though (and none of her children are mormon any longer and none of her grandchildren either).



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My mom had me in her late 30's (before it was "in" to have kids later in life). She is turning 65 this year. My husband's grandma just turned 65 in December. She married at 16 and had my MIL at 17. So my son's mamaw (great-grandma) and his grandma are only 1 year apart.

Just as a side note though, my mom only had 2 children. Grandma-in-law had 11. It's amazing to see how lifestyle really affects how you age. My mom could easily pass for being younger than my MIL (who's 48), probably 43 or 44. Everyone in my husband's family always is so surprised when I tell them proudly that my mom is 64 because I know she looks so good for her age. In their family, by the time you hit your 60's you're pretty much knocking on death's door. Maybe it's just a lifetime of working (church and huge families) that contribute to the poor health.