Has anyone had a close relative live past 100?

[StinkyPinky]

I'm just wondering how common that is and how far past 100 they got. I'm talking about grandparents or great aunties/uncles not distant relatives.

The best I know of in my family is my great aunty who lived to 98.

 

[bryanl]

My grandchildren.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My great grandma is in her early 90's. 94ish I think. while she is not at her best health these days I can see her hit 100 or very close.

 

[LevelSea]

Great aunt died at 102 or 103.

 

[rbV5]

My Uncle Lee died this year at 101! Great guy, and was alert until he fell this year...went pretty fast. RIP Uncle Lee.

 

[Iron Woode]

my grandmother died at 101. She was a small Ukrainian woman. Nice on the outside and tough as nails on the inside.

:awe:

 

[BoomerD]

My grandmother made it to 98, but the last few years weren't good for her. She had several bad strokes before she finally died.

 

[radhak]

My wife has a great great grand uncle, still living at 108 (in India) - born in 1905.

We visited his village last summer, and had a great time when we met him, because the whole village came over too. Everybody calls him grandpa, but by tracing the lineage I figured out he's a first-cousin to my mother-in-law's grandfather, none of whom are alive (my wife's parents died young).

He still has a great memory, though slightly weak of sight and hearing. He looks at my wife and asks, "How's your health? I remember I had to give you medicine for your sniffles, are they gone?", and that's exactly what my wife had told us about earlier!

Feisty old man - knows he's a celebrity of sorts in the family and village, so makes sure everybody's entertained. He grabs my 13-year-old, and demands - "Why have you not married her off yet? She's getting to be an old maid!" Then he grabs my 10-year-old, and says, "You are ready for marriage too, but you are too skinny. Eat well, else boys will reject you!"
He tells me, "Next time you visit, please get me a diary or journal to write my daily thoughts on; but please get me a 5-year-diary, I don't want to keep changing it every year!"

My girls couldn't wait to get back to school here and share all that .

 

[SearchMaster]

Not a close relative, but my maternal grandmother was 95 when she passed. Her brother lived to 106 and worked as a farmer til the day he died. My mom said someone on that tree branch lived to like 112 but I never confirmed.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Not even close, hell all 4 of my fathers brothers died from heart failure before they hit 60 and my dad @ 57.

I'm fucked from the get go and I'm not helping stop the tradition.

:|

 

[Demo24]

Great-grandmother made it to 102, think she was in her own house up till 98ish. Mind kind of went in the last couple. Her relatives lives pretty long, but forgotten their ages.

 

[acheron]

The one great-grandmother I knew lived until 96 I believe, that's the oldest by far. No one else in my family has made it to 90, though my one still living grandparent is 87 and still doing well.

 

[xeledon20005]

Great grand mother lived to be 104, she lived in the mountains of italy most of my fathers side of the family still lives in italy, my grand father died at 83, but he smoked 2 packs a day and drank, he had the liver of a titan. Can't imagine how long he would have lived if he hadn't smoked or drank so much.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

My great aunt, who lives in Spain, is 100. Her brother (my grandfather) died just shy of his 98th birthday.

 

[dank69]

My great aunt is 108, still kickin.

 

[weadjust]

Great grand father 104 his wife 97. We would go to his house on his birthday every year. My mom would tell me you have to go because this may be his last birthday. I heard this for 17 years.

Grand mother 102.

 

[Brainonska511]

My great-grandmother passed away at 101 back in '06.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I'm just wondering how common that is and how far past 100 they got. I'm talking about grandparents or great aunties/uncles not distant relatives.

The best I know of in my family is my great aunty who lived to 98.

Great grandmother on my moms side lived until she was 103. She was born in 1883 and died in 1986. Can you imagine the magnitude of the change she saw in her lifetime? Boggles the mind.

Grandmother on my moms side lived until she was 99. She was born in 1908 and died in 2007. Same comment as above.

 

[Oyeve]

My great grandfather on my mothers side lived to 105, my grandfather on my fathers side lived to 103 drank whiskey everyday and smoked up until his 80s and died in his sleep. He came into this country by joing the army during WW2, received a purple heart and was 45 when he joined! I wanna be like him.

 

[Mixolydian]

My great aunt lived to 105. My grandmother is gonna be 93 this year.

 

[Svnla]

My grandmother (mom side) lived until she was 110 IIRC. She was very healthy until the last couple years of her life.

 

[vi edit]

Great Grandma on my Mom's side lived to be 101. She was living on her own util she was around 95. And read the paper daily until her eyes went bad in the last few years of her life. Other than a fall and a hip fracture she was healthy as a horse.

Her sister lived to be 103 and was in similar good health...at least relative to their age.

Both of them just passed quietly in their sleep. They were born and raised on midwest farm and outlived their husbands by a good 40 years.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Both Great Grandmothers on Mom's side made in past 95.
My grandmother (Mom) passed at 105 after being in hospital for a slip/fall. 2 months before.
Stopped driving at 95

We had a family get together for her 100th. 5 generations represented

 

[Puppies04]

My great grandad died a couple of years ago and made 99.5.

So no.

 

[nanette1985]

My great grandmother died at 103. She could remember her father who had fought in the Union Army.