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Were any of your great grandparents alive during your lifetime? If so, did you ever know them?
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Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
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I've only known my grandmothers parents, from my moms side of family.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by Alan Smithee Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:42 am
Just my grandparents.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by Nystyle709 Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:09 am
Yep. My great grandma passed only two years ago. My great grandfather passesd when I was 16.......but I never knew him when he was 'sane'. He got Alzheimer's right around the time I was born.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by Nystyle709 Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:11 am
Yep. My great grandma passed only two years ago. My great grandfather passesd when I was 16.......but I never knew him when he was 'sane'. He got Alzheimer's right around the time I was born. Both of them were my father's grandparents. My mother's grandmother passed when I was three.....never knew her.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by Hyacinth Girl Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:09 am
My great-grandfather died in 1969 when I was two years old, so I don't really remember him. His wife, my great-grandmother, I had until I was 17. She lived in the same elderly building my grandmother does now, which was close to where I was living at the time. I used to go visit her 3-4 days a week after school, play Pokeno with her and her live-in boyfriend (yes, that's true! LOL) and watch candlepin bowling on TV.
I called her "Mummu" which is the Finnish word for "grandmother", since we had to distinguish the generations. As I got a little older, Mummu developed diabetes, so on my afternoon visits, I'd cook her a diabetic-safe dinner and learned how to give her insulin shots. She died of a stroke during my senior year in high school, but I'm glad I had her as long as I did.
Now, we still have 4 generations going, with my Grandmother being Great-Gram.
I called her "Mummu" which is the Finnish word for "grandmother", since we had to distinguish the generations. As I got a little older, Mummu developed diabetes, so on my afternoon visits, I'd cook her a diabetic-safe dinner and learned how to give her insulin shots. She died of a stroke during my senior year in high school, but I'm glad I had her as long as I did.
Now, we still have 4 generations going, with my Grandmother being Great-Gram.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by Tony Marino Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:44 pm
No I never knew them.
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Re: Did you ever know any of your great grandparents?
by CatEyes10736 Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:58 pm
I knew my great grandma (my mom's grandma), but she died when I was about 10.
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Nope. My mothers grandmother died 2 years before I was born (and I'm not sure if they ever knew my great grandfather). My fathers grandmother died when I was 6, but they lived down south so I never knew them.
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cheaps wrote:I've only known my grandmothers parents, from my moms side of family.
Both passed away just within the past 10 years. I remember going to their house often growin up, not too often tho cuz they did live out of town.
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I knew my great grandfather and great grandmother on my mother's side. My great grandmother died not that long ago when I was in my late 30's.
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