What age did you become a grandparent?

I was 60.

46

First gc when I was 46. Now four in all, eldest being 26, youngest 9. A great grandson a few months ago when I was 72.

I suppose in theory any one of us could have been great-grans at around 50 and great-great-grans at around 67 or so...

Thank goodness it doesn't happen that often!

I was 62! Thought it would never happen! I used to joke about it to well meaning acquaintances by explaining that that was the one thing I said that my kids actually took any notice of ie. "Don't have children!"

I was a mother at 23, 26 and 30 (last one was frowned upon as being too old in those days!) How things change so quickly don't you think?

My eldest and youngest still yet to produce - my middle one DD finally made me a granny when she was 36! Sadly this is the only one I will get from her as DSil previously married with two daughters both now in their late teens and doesn't want to "go round the boy again". NMB but do feel a bit sorry for DD as she would love another one. Aah well

54 and now have 8 ranging from 11 to 2.

64 when DGS1 arrived.

I was 52 when my first wonderful grand-daughter arrived.

I was 59. Again a real change in the generations as to when we had our children. I was 22 when I had my first, which was certainly early amongst our friends who tended to around 26 and my son was 33 when they had my first DGC which was about average amongst his friends.

I was 64 thought it would never happen..... All my boys had been in long term relationships. I would never ask them about marriage or starting a family but I was so desperate to have a Grandchild that one Christmas I put some tinsel around an old wooden family highchair. It caused a lot of hilarity and murmurs of 'Think Mum is losing her marbles' but....it worked ! Now have a 5 year old and a 14 month old and consider myself truly blessed.

I was 38, had my 1st child at 21. My 1st DGD will be 21 next month.

I was 52 when my first dgd was born.

18 and 2 weeks for first marriage, 20 and 1 week when I had DS1, who is now 36. First DGS born 2007, so I must have been 49?

I was 51 when absentdaughter produced my first grandson and 65 when the sixth and most recent was born this year. Today, incidentally is the fourth grandchild's seventh birthday – I was 58 when he was born. That's enough arithmetic for now.

I was 54 when DGS1 was born, the same age as my gran was when I was born.

I was 48 when my DGS was born. He is still my only one and is now 12. Youngest daughter married in April and I know they are keen to have a family so fingers crossed the next one may come when I am 61.

My MIL was 46 when her 1st GC was born and 70 when she became a GGM. Her mother was 92 when she became a GGGM. So we were lucky enough to have 5 generations for a while.

I was 54 when DGD1 was born in 2005. In 2008 her cousin, DGS 1 and sister, DGD 2 were born a few months apart. In 2012 DGS 1 gained a little brother, my DGS2.

I was 24, almost 25, when I had DD1 who was followed 2 yrs later by DD2.

My DD2 was 27 when she had her first daughter & my DD1 was 32 when her first baby arrived.

I was 40.

43.

I was 49, and almost 65 when the last one was born. My SIL was 33 when her first grandchild was born, and became a great gran in her early 50s, she`s now almost a great great gran at 75.

I was 61. DD had been married for 10 years before she had her first. I had to wait another 6 years for the other two.

As I said earlier, I was 71 and my DGC are now 3, 2 and 1,via my two
DDs. We adore them but being that much older it is physically harder given their young ages. However we are overjoyed to have them as we never expected to be grandparents. Both mums are older too but then quite a few of their friends are. It doesn't seem to be unusual to have babies later now. I sometimes feel sad that we probably won't be around when they are teenagers ( I'm now in my 75th year) but I am just grateful that we have them at all.

Yikes - I feel SO old. Like Bellanonna. I was 71 when my first (and only) grandchild was born. I should really be a GGM!

I was 55 DD was 21 when DG was born but I had her at 32.
My friend was 60 last month, her oldest GC is 22 so she was 38.