How common is this?

[Anonymous]

I just realized my dad has great grandkids that are older than some of his grandchildren. I think its pretty interesting, but maybe its more common than I think.

[Anonymous]

Very common with large families. I am older than my uncle. There are actually 4 nieces/nephews older than the last 3 aunts/uncles. My mom is one of 10 and my FIL is one of 10 as well.

It is also becoming common with second marriages and subsequent families.

[Anonymous]

It isn't that weird. In large families the generations tend to blur and overlap just because of normal variation in life choices. Let's say a family has 4 kids and the oldest is 10 years older than the youngest. Then the oldest child becomes a parent at age 25, while the youngest has a child when he is 40. That gives you a 25-year age gap between the grandkids. Repeat that over another generation and there you are.

[Anonymous]

My aunt is 4.5 years older than me; one year older than my brother. We're more like siblings than aunt and niece/nephew.

[Anonymous]

That's the way it is in our family. My daughter is closest to her first cousins' children, who she calls her cousins. They are older than her by a couple of years, but her actual cousins are in our generation. Incidentally I became a great aunt when I got married! DH's oldest brother is over twenty years older than him, so he attended his wedding as a toddler. I think it's fun.

[Anonymous]

Well, my 2-year-old's cousin just turned 30. So yeah, this happens LOL

[Anonymous]

My mother's Aunt became her step-sister when her mother married her Aunt's father. Aunt was married to mother's youngest brother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother's Aunt became her step-sister when her mother married her Aunt's father. Aunt was married to mother's youngest brother.

LOL I need a map.