• fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    My head is hurting trying to figure out how your brother would also be your uncle. Like… he’d have to also be your parent’s sibling… so how did your parent create a person who was both their child and their sibling? Bang your grandparent? Is that how that would work?

    • mister_flibble@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      My best guess is he’s technically her half brother: OOP’s mother (daughter of the grandma in question) + OOP’s father’s father = OOP’s bruncle-husband. In turn, this would make Cletus the Fetus OOP’s nephew/niece, aunt/uncle, cousin, and stepchild. We’re wandering into medieval royalty levels of incest here.

  • Pieresqi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Her grandma is 46.

    So lets say the granny got preg at 16 and her mother too.

    46 - 16 - 16 is 14… That’s too young for husband…

    46 - 15 - 15 is 16… OK, that’s better and worse at the same time 🫠

    (This means that that the average age of impregnation on their side is around 14 - 15 yo 🤨)

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I knew a family like this. They had like 5 generations living in one house plus a trailer out back. They were thrilled when my classmate got pregnant as a young teen.

      So baby, plus 13-14 year old classmate and her younger sister, plus her mom and dad in their late 20s, plus early 40s Grandma, plus great grandma. Other than dad it was a string of guys dating my classmate, grandma, and great grandma also living there on and off.

      I don’t know this for a fact, but I heard that my classmate’s great great grandma was also alive at the time. So the baby’s great great great grandma.

      I didn’t think there was any inbreeding going on like in this story though. At least that rumor never surfaced.

      • idiomaddict@feddit.de
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        8 months ago

        Tbh, I’m 32 and if I could have my 16 year old energy levels back, I might be more open to having kids.

        My parents were over 40 when I was born. I think about the idea of getting pregnant at that age with horror.

        I know that it’s “financially smart” to wait longer, but god, being able to be done (I know you’re not “done” done, but the workload is significantly reduced) in your mid thirties sounds great. Especially if you have a well established family support network like that.

        Honestly, having a large multigenerational family you live among sounds way more sustainable than every small family unit having its own. My grandmother lived with us when I was growing up, which was a huge help for both my parents and grandmother.