Are Your Grandparents Alive ?

barbarians

Because mine aren't. All of them, dead. And no, I didn't kill any of them, three of them were dead before I was born. I only ever knew my maternal grandmother but I knew her well. She lived to the ripe old age of 96, dieing a month before her 97th birthday. (Also she died on 07/07/07 so it's really easy to remember her anniversary )

She would be 101 this year if she was still alive but alas we'll never see that milestone.

On another note I was named after my maternal grandfather yet I never even met this man.

So boardsies, are your grandparents alive ? Are they all dead ? Did you know your grandparents well/at all ?

partyatmygaff

As of last week, none

RichieC

I've one nana still left.

barbarians

partyatmygaff wrote: »

As of last week, none

Sorry to hear

RedXIV

One gran left, never met my other gran. My mam's dad died when I was about 7 or 8 and was cool coz he used to call us "dudes"

my dad's dad died about 9 years ago and i really wish I had done more with him. the stories I hear about him are great

thehairyelbow

All four of mine gone before I was born. Huge financial loss.

jimthemental

Nope, the last few Christmases finished the Grannies and the Grandfathers were dead before I was born.

SteoL

Nope. My fathers parents both died before I was born so never met them unfortunately. My mothers father died when I was about 7 and her mother died when I was 18 so 15 years now since I had a grandparent alive.

Seachmall

3 down, 1 to go.

westendgirlie

Never met my Grandads both passed away before I was born.

Knew my Grannies but only ever saw them when we came to Ireland for the summer holidays. Both have sadly passed away too.

Novella

I have 2 grandparents still alive. My mum's mum died when I was 12 and my dad's dad died last October.

starviewadams

Nope,only ever met one of my grandparents apparently,when I was just a baby,and he died in my old bedroom from cancer.That house is full of yuppies now,I'd like to think he's haunting the place!

Karona

Have 1 nana left and a step granda.

My maternal grandmother passed away last September. She was 95.
And she knew me so so well like I knew her.

My maternal granda died when i was 6 but he was my best friend.

My paternal granda died when i was 11. But i didn't know him very well.

The_Kew_Tour

partyatmygaff wrote: »

As of last week, none

Again sorry to hear that..

Thankfully still have my grandmother she be 99 next month.

Hesh's Umpire

thehairyelbow wrote: »

All four of mine gone before I was born.

Same here. I suppose what you never have, you'll never miss.

cena

Not one of them. 3 i never got too see.

Tubsandtiles

One grandmother left, not very close to her to be honest

Run_to_da_hills

My Grandma on mothers side brown bread since 1978,

Never met any of them.

krudler

all gone, my dads were 13 and 10 years ago. my mams were 12 and 4 years ago. was much closer to my mams side than dads who I barely knew.

Fbjm

My two granddads were both dead before I was born and I was named after both of them :pac: I knew my grandma (mom's mom) really well, I used to live with her, knew her better than my own parents. Last August, Friday 13th, she died. In the same week as I found out I had to repeat the Leaving Cert., and the same week as my girlfriend dumped me. I still think about her every day and I think I always will. My Nan, that is, not my ex :P my dad's mom is still alive and I get on really well with her too, she lives on the other side of the city though and there's no direct bus, dart or train from Malahide to Palmerstown so I'm lucky to see her even once a week.

Osgoodisgood

Nope, all gone. My paternal Nan was the only one I knew and she died a few years ago now. Pretty cool old girl she was too.

January

Both my mums mother and father are still alive, although I've never met my grandfather. My grandmother only lives across the road

My dads parents have both passed, his dad passed when he was 7 and his mum passed in 93...

Abi

All gone now, lost my maternal grandmother a couple of months ago. I was close to them all and miss them.

red menace

All dead,

My grandfather on my father side died 20 years before I was born my grandmother on that side died in 1974
My other grandfather died when I was about 8 and my grandmother died 7 years ago

13spanner

2 Grannies and 1 grandad still alive. They mean alot to me

prettygurrly

none left either.

OP I was the exact same as you and I miss my maternal grandmother practically every day. Really glad I spent as much time as I could with her when I was in college in Galway (she was in Dublin). It was hard travelling back and spending some of my precious weekend in Howth instead of at home with my parents in Wicklow but I'm really glad I did. She died a month before her 91st bday. She had a great life and left a lovely legacy. What more could you ask for?

irishdub14

All four still alive, very lucky!

Superbus

2 were dead before I was born (mum's mum and dad's dad), dad's mother died when I was about 2 weeks old and my mum's father when I was 8.

phasers

Nope. I still have my great Auntie though, who's like my Granny cos she practically raised my Dad. She's deadly

queenm

All gone, lost three of them the year i did my leaving the first time over a decade ago , a granny, (her husband-) my grandad, which was oddly sweet becausae he just pined for her and I love the thought that they are together again and then my other grandad. My other granny died about 5 years before that. I knew them all well, we visited a lot but definitely one set were traditional and one set not so much. I miss the times when they were alive, when I was young and I thought they would never die...

KnifeWRENCH

One Gran left, she lives with us. My Dad's Dad died before my parents got married; he was very young. My Mam's Dad died a month before I turned 1 so I have no memory of him. My sisters remember him though, they were mad about him.

My Dad's Mam died in 2007, the week I finished my Leaving Cert. I miss her.

rossie1977

3 of my 4 grandparents were long dead before i was born, the final grandparent (grandmother on my mothers side) lived with us until she died in 1988

brummytom

Nope, they've all gone.

My dad's dad died when he was 44, so not even my dad knew him (he was 4 at the time). Dad's mom died in 1992, just a year before I was born. When they found her, apparently she'd be carrying around a prayer in her pocket for my mom to have a baby. It's a shame she never got to meet me but at least she got her wish a year later.

My mom's dad died in 1998, he'd be 94 now. Nan died in 2007, she was 75 which I thought was young for a nan! She was the only one I knew properly, we were very close.


I'm the only person I know my age with no grandparents. I just read someone's status on facebook about going to his granny and granddad's. I won't lie, I am jealous of people who've still got them.

Einhard

My granny is alive and goign strong at 90. Too stong for my liking, she makes me look like a sissy man in comparison!:D

Einhard

brummytom wrote: »

Nope, they've all gone.

My dad's dad died when he was 44, so not even my dad knew him (he was 4 at the time). Dad's mom died in 1992, just a year before I was born.

brummytom is only 18?!!:eek::eek::eek:

they sure are, and fit as fiddles

Precious flower

Nope. Two of them had already passed away long before I was born. My paternal grandfather died a year after after I was born, but my grandmother lived until I was 13, she was 89. It was nice to have at least one grandparent and I loved her to bits!:) She aways use to sneak money in our pockets when we left, unknown to my mam who wouldnt find out until we were driving home!:D

galah

1 left - my most favourite grandma, still going strong living by herself with all her faculties at 94. Other grandma passed away 2 months ago, aged 91, out of sheer stubbornness (she fell, was told she had to move to a care home since she couldnt do certain things by herself anymore due to an arm brace (after breaking her arm), and decided she'd rather die. Literally.)

Hubby's granddad turned 101 in January, still around.

Pretty good genes all round, it seems.

brummytom

Einhard wrote: »

brummytom is only 18?!!:eek::eek::eek:

Nope, 17. (18 in about 3 months now)

thehairyelbow

Anybody remember their great grandparents?

Superbus

thehairyelbow wrote: »

Anybody remember their great grandparents?

My dad's grandfather would be 144!

hondasam

I did not know any of my grandparents,all dead before I was born.

Luxie

All gone, last one when I was 13. My paternal ones died five years apart to the day (6Jan) which was sweet as Grandad knew he was dying but wanted to die on Gran's anniversary.

flyaway.

I still have one grandmother. She is awesome.

My grandfather on my mother's side died when I was 11.

My dad's parents died before I was born.

I knew one of my great grandmothers but she died when I was 4.

Truley

Surprised at the number of people here who never got to meet their grandparents. I've never come across another person in real life who, like me, lost all four before they were born.

In fact, it wasn't until I was about eight or nine years old that I grasped the concept that your parents could have parents. 'Granny' was just this extra family member some people had and some just didn't.

efb

When I was born I had 2 grandads and a granny. My mother's mam died when my mam was 10. I couldn't imagine how awful that is.
Mam's dad died when I was 2 but I swear I can remember him.

My dad's dad died two years ago last week.

My dad's mum is going on but is lost without gran

Pighead

If they are we made a huge mistake when we buried them.

Luxie

Truley wrote: »

Surprised at the nu mber of people here who never got to meet their grandparents. I've never come across another person in real life who, like me, lost all four before they were born.

In fact, it wasn't until I was about eight or nine years old that I grasped the concept that your parents could have parents. 'Granny' was just this extra family member some people had and some just didn't.

I'm the same. Seems I did reasonably well in clearly remembering two and vaguely remembering a third.

later12

One of my Great grandmothers died when I was a kid, she was born in 1894. so she was a grown woman (almost 30) by the time independence came to Ireland.

I always thought it was fascinating that I was only one degree of separation away from a person who had known and lived among people born in the time of Daniel O'Connell, the time of the French revolution and the potato famine.
That the little old lady who used to sit at our dinner table, playing with her food, had in her youth sat at dinner tables with people who lived through famine - I thought that was really incredible.

That's what I really like about grandparents, how they link us to, and make us appreciate the past, and sort of humanise it in a way.

matchball

Just the one left - my fathers mother, she turned 88 today! She has 6 children, 23 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. My fathers father died 2 years ago at 84, he was a great man and I was quite close with him. On my mothers side her mother died about 10 years ago I knew her quite well too. Her father died at 85 when I was very young. Don't really remember much of him.