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I'm screwed. My moms parents passed at 67 years old and my dads dad at 78. My grandma is still healthy at...80 or 81? I think. Let's just hope I get lucky but take after my dads side, but I already take a lot after my moms health,..so...

both my great-grandmothers lived to be over 100. my grandfather is 90, so i feel like my longevity genes are pretty good!

Two of my grandparents lived into their mid-90s.

It's hard to say. My great grandparents on my dad's side passed away before I was born. Or shortly thereafter? I don't remember them.
My paternal grandparents are late 70's and doing very well. They have always been very healthy- active and eat well.

My maternal great grandmother lived to 88, her husband died when I was 7 to brain cancer.
My maternal grandmother died at 64 to emphysema and SBO. I don't know my maternal grandfather.

So, there doesn't appear to be much longevity. My grandmothers death was so preventable all her illnesses were caused by 40+ years of smoking.

It's hard to say. My grandparents certainly didn't have the same access to healthcare and knowledge of a healthy lifestyle like we do today. My paternal grandmother died in her 40s from a kidney problem that could be cured today. My paternal grandfather died at 96, and mostly because his health declined rapidly after a bad fall where he hit his head. On my mom's side, my grandmother died in her 60s and my grandfather is still alive in his early 80s. My own mom died at 52, but she had numerous, very severe health issues (not genetic).

It's about 50/50.
My paternal grandmother lived to 99.5, but my dad passed away at 62 (before her :crying:). My paternal grandfather was in his 80s. On my mother's side, my grandfather was 88 I think. My grandmother died from injuries in a car accident in her late 60s.

Hard to say, but probably not. I only have one living parent and one living grandparent.

It's not like my family members die young, though. My mom was the youngest, she died in her 50s from complications of issues that she had her whole life (which sadly, seem to affect several other members of her family). Her father died in his 80s and her mother is still alive now, in her 80s.

My dad's father was actually born in 1899 so even though he died before I was born, he was not young. I believe he was in his late 70s. My dad's mom was relatively young when she died (also before I was born), I think in her 50s or 60s. My dad had/has 3 sisters. One is still alive and in her 90s now, and the others all lived into their late 80s.

The women in my family live to be pretty old, so I have very good odds, ha. My paternal grandmother passed at 95, and my maternal grandmother at 92. Neither suffered from dementia and both were sharp as a tack until they passed away.

The men in my family died "younger," by which I mean my grandfathers were in their 80s. Both, however, died from complications from disease (one had cancer, the other diabetes). I also have some uncles that died fairly young (40s & 50s) from various diseases (cancer, diabetes, pneumonia). So I guess my brothers better watch out, ha.

I feel lucky that we have not had to deal with dementia or Alzheimer's--my best friend's mother-in-law is dealing with early-onset Alzheimer's (she's in her early 50s) and it has been incredibly hard on her family.

My grandparents were all in their 80s when they passed away