Are 5 generations rare?
Five generations alive at one time is definitely a "rare" occurrence, experts say.
While 6 generations is rare, the Guinness Book of World Records states the most generations alive in a single family is seven. Maxson says her huge family has always been a blessing. "Anytime I need advice , I'm able to get you know from 107 year old generation down to my grandmother and my father," said Janeva Maxson.
A Familial generation is used based on when an actual birth took place within a family. A few centuries ago, the accepted and often used value was about 20 years, meaning that as many as five familial generations could exist in a single century.
Five living generations is rare but still occurs. I would say five is the most living generations that you are likely to encounter at some point in your life. For six or even seven generations to occur, all parents must be exeptionally young and the older generations need to live for an exeptionally long time.
Every person has two parents, four grandparents and eight great-grandparents.
According to Guinness World Records the most generations alive in a single family has been seven. Mrs Fitzgerald said she was "flabbergasted" to become a great-great-great grandmother. "I cannot fathom how I have got all these generations, but anyway I am thrilled to bits," she said.
According to the Guinness World Records, the most generations alive in a single family have been seven. The difference between the oldest and the youngest person in the family was about 109 years, when Augusta Bunge's great-great-great-great grandson was born on January 21, 1989.
| 2nd generation | 2 ancestors | = 2 ancestors in total |
|---|---|---|
| 4th generation | 8 ancestors | = 14 ancestors in total |
| 5th generation | 16 ancestors | = 30 ancestors in total |
| 6th generation | 32 ancestors | = 62 ancestors in total |
| 7th generation | 64 ancestors | = 126 ancestors in total |
Gen Alpha is the generation following Gen Z and currently includes all children born in or after 2010—the same year the iPad was born. The majority of this demographic is under 12 years of age, but the oldest of them will become teens in 2022.
Your parents and their siblings form the next generation. Your grandparents and their siblings make up a third. The top level of the family tree is the first generation, followed by their children (second generation) and so on, assigning each successive generation a higher number - third, fourth, fifth.
Has there ever been 7 generations alive at once?
According to the Guinness World Records, the most generations alive in a single family have been seven. The difference between the oldest and the youngest person in the family was about 109 years, when Augusta Bunge's great-great-great-great grandson was born on January 21, 1989.