What percent of people do you know who are less than 30 years younger that at least one of their parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am for both of my parents.

Common before the 1990s. And still common in the south and Midwest where people marry high school sweethearts or right after college. Hence have kids when age 25-30.

Also common in Hispanics and AA to have kids in ones 20s.

Less common on west and east coast where people are still moving and doing terminal degrees in the mid 20s.

[Anonymous]

Most of us, but not our kids.

[Anonymous]

Not me. My parents got married when they were 23, but had infertility issues and didn't become parents until they adopted me at 31.

They had similarly-aged peers when I was growing up, but the difference was that those other parents had older children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(I’m 40, my parents are 65 and 66 so gaps of 25/26 years which is less than 30)

So basically anyone who had a parent under 30 when they were born? I know tons of people.

+1

It was quite common for most of us who are 45+ ourselves. I'm the 2nd kid and my parents were 28/27.

I'm 55, my first we were 29 and 30. Next kids we were obviously older and over 30.

But I have a friend who is 60, whose mom is 75 and grandma is 91 (she broke the family trend and was over 30 when she had her first).

[Anonymous]

About 30 years between patent/child for three generations in my family.

[Anonymous]

My mom and dh's mom were 28 when they had us. I was 28 when I had my own kids.

[Anonymous]

Most people I grew up with. Gen X and my parents had me at 29 (mom turned 30 later that year) 37. My parents were considered fogies.

[Anonymous]

A lot of women start mid to late 20s and have their last children in their 30s. There’s no pattern everyone follows.

[Anonymous]

I would say most. I have old parents for my age range (I am 44, my parents are 82 and 78). My sibling is 5 years younger and was often mistaken for my dad’s grandchild when we were little. I don’t think I have a single friend with parents older than mine.

[Anonymous]

Both my parents were over 30 when I was born in the mid 1960’s. I was their first born. That was a rarity back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And a follow up question especially for age 35+ women: how often are you mistaken for your dad’s wife? 😩

Ooh I have been. Back when I was in my late 20s (ick). BUT the catch here is that my dad did remarry, and she is younger than me. So it’s not an insane assumption.

[Anonymous]

At least 50-70%

I know alot of teenage mothers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of my generation (60ish), most have parents who had their first child before 30. My college educated parents had me at 22.

Most of my friends of my age had their kids between 30-45.

Most of my parents' generation were engaged or married by 21. Their parents, who were impacted by the Depression, married later.

[Anonymous]

I think Gen X ers kids will be more likely to have had both parents over 30 when they were born. My kid had only one parent under 40, and that was just barely. My parents were 28 and 34 when I was born (an only) and that was considered old at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my parents were over 30 when I was born in the mid 1960’s. I was their first born. That was a rarity back then.

Add me to that rare group. Even more rare, one of my grandmothers had her first kid (my parent) when she was 37. I had my kids in my early 40s. What this means is that my grandparents were all born in the 1890s.