tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post3918113778032054956..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: An Aunt Before She Was BornNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-69144107308493495262010-03-21T19:55:01.309-04:002010-03-21T19:55:01.309-04:00My mother's half-sister and half-brother are t...My mother's half-sister and half-brother are the same age as my youngest sister and brother. So they were my aunt and uncle when they were born- I was 11 when my aunt was born!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-60726889581178594592010-03-20T17:15:05.766-04:002010-03-20T17:15:05.766-04:00My great grandmother was an aunt when she was just...My great grandmother was an aunt when she was just a few months old. It was a bit of a surprise at first.Michelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-45506090118099380182010-03-17T23:08:34.639-04:002010-03-17T23:08:34.639-04:00Thank you all for your responses. I have to admit...Thank you all for your responses. I have to admit that I'm surprised. This seems to be more common these days than I thought!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-65796673897307648852010-03-17T22:32:03.098-04:002010-03-17T22:32:03.098-04:00Oh, yes, this happened quite a bit in my parents&#...Oh, yes, this happened quite a bit in my parents' families (11 children in Mom's and 10 children in Dad's). I never could understand it when I was very little.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-30947983867478304092010-03-17T20:57:46.745-04:002010-03-17T20:57:46.745-04:00My youngest brother was born an uncle to my three ...My youngest brother was born an uncle to my three children. My mother had an odd sense of family raising, as she in effect raised children as only children --- at least 5 years apart. Although with my youngest brother it was more like 16 years between his next youngest brother.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-62392559964913803912010-03-17T11:26:22.817-04:002010-03-17T11:26:22.817-04:00My father had 3 nephews older than him. My aunt (h...My father had 3 nephews older than him. My aunt (his younger sister) had those 3 nephew plus a niece and 3 more nephews older than her for a total of 7.Linda McCauleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402203453403304529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-29761181154595135612010-03-17T11:11:21.943-04:002010-03-17T11:11:21.943-04:00My sister was born three weeks after my daughter w...My sister was born three weeks after my daughter was born. One grew up in Texas and the other in Michigan and didn't see each other that much, so there wasn't an issue about what to call one another.PalmsRVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898416117045268799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-69029764446122230042010-03-17T08:18:34.841-04:002010-03-17T08:18:34.841-04:00My half-brother actually had two nephews before he...My half-brother actually had two nephews before he was born, through my step-sister. In todays blended families, I imagine this must happen a lot. Thank you for bringing up this interesting topic - I will have to look into it further in my family.Amanda E. Perrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16893034231975808538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-10625584090549244482010-03-17T00:19:54.969-04:002010-03-17T00:19:54.969-04:00I became an aunt when I was two and a half, and re...I became an aunt when I was two and a half, and regularly thereafter until I had five nieces and nephews. I actually grew up more with their generation than my own brothers, who were 12 1/2 and 16 1/2 yrs older than me! <br /><br />There was about that age difference in my father's family, too, from oldest to youngest, as there were eight living children, and one that died the day he was born.Sherry - Family Tree Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08771660350904508670noreply@blogger.com