Comment on In the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirties

starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Median lifespan was also fairly close to ours even though the average was way down. High infant and child mortality rates skews things.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I actually did the maths. My grandfather and his siblings in his family had an average age of like 50. But it’s because two of his siblings died before their first birthday and one shortly after. The next person to die was like 60.

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