There should be a word for it! Last in family

I don't have any family apart from my children, grandchildren and new great grandson. It's been this way since the 70s so I'm quite used to it. Sometimes reading family threads on Gransnet makes me quite glad my family is limited.

I imagine it would feel lonely sometimes Cambsnan. But have you thought of writing some of these memories down, or voice recording them, to keep them alive?
You say "I have memories that I share with no one." I'm sure many of these are precious and well worth keeping. If you wanted to share them, I hope your relatives would listen and treasure them as you do.

Much like Maw. I haven’t shared memories with anyone, not my surviving children, no one. DH family were never close and told DD that they wanted nothing to do with us after DH died!
The biggest thing is that I was born and brought up in a (then) third world tropical island and only came to the UK aged 25. Still feel foreign after over 50 years. Feel very sad about it.
I have some 40 surviving first cousins but they all live overseas; besides I haven’t met many of them…

I have an older sister but she is in a care home in Canada with advanced dementia.
I am also the oldest surviving member -in-law of DH’s family.
That’s it I suppose.

My mother, father and brother are now all dead.
Just me left.
I had a horrible childhood, my mother was a narc and my father and brother aggressive bullies.
I always prayed I would enjoy a few peaceful tears without them.
I am so much happier as an “orphan”.

I've lost my parents and my siblings too. I have 2 cousins both a lot older than me and living 300 miles away but we were never really close. I do miss picking up the phone to talk to my family especially my sister. I have no-one to talk to from my generation about the happy times when we were all at home it's so sad. I've started a memoir so my daughter and grandchildren will be able to read about those times

Not quite the same but I am the eldest with 2 younger brothers and know about things and people they have no idea about.

It's an odd feeling.

As an only child, whose parents died 40+ years ago when I was young, I can honestly say that those of you with long-living parents and siblings have had it far harder than I have. All those memories over the years, and no one left for you to share them with, sounds very sad. Treasure what you had, I wish I'd had the chance.

My mum and dad have died as have all my cousins who were all older than me I have no siblings nor did my mum my dad was one of 5 but all his siblings are dead

So I have no aunts, uncles, cousins, parents or siblings

An only child ( like me) is in a similar situation when parents have died. I've never really thought about it though, as I have my own children, and a friend I've known since age 4, almost like a sibling.