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Last baby born at 49/50. Is this unusual?

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Dorsetbaby

Dorsetbaby Report 2 Jan 2008 20:53

Yes I was wondering the same thing. I will have to order her certificate. The person who gave me the info was sure it was thier child child. Though I have to say I find it unusual. My 2xggrandmother herself had a child when she was young and my 2xggrandfather took him on as his own. As she was a servant at the time of becoming pregnant. I know that other people would say they were parents to protect others. My great grandmother herself took on other peoples children too. Funny lot really back then.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 2 Jan 2008 20:52


my gran was 48 when she had her last child.. my aunt christine so i guess it can happen.

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Garstonite

Garstonite Report 2 Jan 2008 20:48

i found one in my family tree where the youngest child was the eldest daughters child.......even on the census(they obviously lied) it states son....it was only when his grandson from america enquired about his grandfathers parents i obtained the birth certificate.....mothers name...no fathers name...so the grandparents pretended he was theirs...probably happened alot in the past...but the ONLY way you`re going to find out is by purchasing the birth certificate....allan

Michelle

Michelle Report 2 Jan 2008 18:56

i had one where it said that it was her son but ended up being her grandson. maybe that is the case?????

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 2 Jan 2008 18:56

Do you have the birth cert? Even then ...

Any unmarried daughters in the vicinity who might have had a child who was reared (and possibly even registered) by the grandparents as their own?

That's a pretty late age to be having kids then, but not impossible, true. It might also be that her age had been overstated a bit here and there before that.

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Shazzlou

Shazzlou Report 2 Jan 2008 18:33

My mother had me when she was 42 so i suppose it can happen, are you sure your gt gt grandmother was her baby and she didnt adopt her as it happend a lot then?

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Lewis, Smith, Meakin & Byrne. Wolverhampton & Ireland

Dorsetbaby

Dorsetbaby Report 2 Jan 2008 18:02

My 3xggrandmother had her last child when she was 49/50. She had her first child in 1838 and her last child in 1869, my 2xggrandmother.
Just wondered if anyone else had any family that had children that late in life.
With kind regards Donna
sorry if I have posted in wrong place.