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.

    • The_v@lemmy.world
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      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.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that’s my bad. I forgot about the last one when I posted. I updated the title to reflect the proper range.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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

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        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.