TIL: The most living generations at once was 7, back in 1989. They each had their child between 15 to 20yrs of age
I was trying to figure out how many generations could theoretically exist at the same time, so I decided to first check Guinness. Hopefully I did all the math correctly.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-living-generations-(ever)/?fb_comment_id=653356121442491_744011452376957Open linkView original on lemmy.world209
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I feel like they didn't audit trailer parks.
Circular references make it impossible to count generations.
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Infinite DNA loop...
Family tree in the shape of a wreath.
Möbius Family
I have family working on matching that one.
Age when they had their first child:
My grandma was 20, my aunt was 18, her son was 17, his daughter was 15, her daughter was 14, and her kid is now 6.
6 generations.
My grandma is 90. My great-grandma passed away at 99.
Just one more teen pregnancy away from matching it.
If someone's son is also their brother, which generation are they part of?
Well assuming everyone had kids at 18, and lived to 122, max is 6 generations.
If everyone had kids very young, at 13, it maxes out at 9 generations.
Birth, 18, 36, 52, 70, 88, 106.
Fenceposts are hard to count.
I forgot birth, yeah.
lol. Yes, they are.
I think OP made an error in stating you had to be 18. The oldest living person ever was 122 (as indicated by Blamemeta). As long as you are allowed a few pre-18 births, you can get to 7 generations). At 15 years old you can get to 8 generations.
You are missing things like this in your calculation.
Under current Pennsylvania law, teenagers aged 13, 14 and 15 may or may not be able to legally engage in sexual activity with partners who are less than 4 years older. Such partners could not be prosecuted under statutory rape laws, but may be liable for other offenses, even when the sexual activity is consensual.
Yeah, OP might be unaware that in the past, it was more common to have a child before the age of 18 than the opposite, specially in rural areas
"between 18 and 20"
It says the last girl had her child at 15...
Yeah, that’s my bad. I forgot about the last one when I posted. I updated the title to reflect the proper range.
Ah yes, the Stanley Yelnats family. I remember that