Sure, but 5 generations isn’t exactly an average situation. Maybe not even 4. So on average I still maintain my assumption that there are plenty of people here on Lemmy with grandmothers who were older than 15 during the early 40s. ✅
yeah, i realize i was unclear about the period of time originally and that i probably originally implied 4-5 generations since 1945. but my point was less about lengths of specific generations and just that some families reproduce faster.
on my side of the family, currently 4 generations alive but the first of generation 5 is due in about 6 months. my wife’s side of the family, there are 3 generations alive, the last of the first generation we’re counting will last at most 5 more years and no one’s having kids for at least a decade, so it’s soon to just be 2 generations alive.
Sure, but 5 generations isn’t exactly an average situation. Maybe not even 4. So on average I still maintain my assumption that there are plenty of people here on Lemmy with grandmothers who were older than 15 during the early 40s. ✅
5 generations in 120 years is unusual?
I thought you meant you have 5 generations alive right now. That’s unusual. 4 is less unusual but also not the majority, I imagine.
But yeah, that’s not what you meant so nevermind. 👍
yeah, i realize i was unclear about the period of time originally and that i probably originally implied 4-5 generations since 1945. but my point was less about lengths of specific generations and just that some families reproduce faster.
on my side of the family, currently 4 generations alive but the first of generation 5 is due in about 6 months. my wife’s side of the family, there are 3 generations alive, the last of the first generation we’re counting will last at most 5 more years and no one’s having kids for at least a decade, so it’s soon to just be 2 generations alive.
demography is weird.
7 would be unusual, 4-6 seems normal