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but did the girls get a name attached to them in those days? I have always maintained as the guy used to sometimes travel so far to court, with probably no transport, he wasn't going for nothing!! :-))))))))

All I can say is WOW Debbi

Debbi, Sorry but my gt gt granny can beat yours! She had had 3 illegitimate children before she got married at the age of 19, then went on to have 10 more! (another rellie with no tellie!) :-)))))) And they talk about the girls of today!! Me? had my one and only at 36 Kim

i have 4 daughters.my first when i was 16. she is now 23.my fourth is 5 months old. i will be 40 next month. if i bump in to anyone i havnt seen in ages,they assume im a grandmother.

I have read with interest all your comments and its been interesting to see how varied our lives are within a message board! Debbi with kids aged 17/13/10 and 21months(and considering another lol)

I have a brother who's five years younger than me, so my dad would have been 52 when he was born. Randy old devil!

My mother-in-law had her last child at the age of 44. He is handicapped and she is still looking after him at the age of 83.

Debbi & Lynne, My Dad was 50 too when I was born. My Mum was 41. They'd been married for 19 years before my elder brother (by 2.5 years) was born. Unfortunately having elder parents is not always a good thing as although I feel I had a wonderful childhood they both died when I was 18 and my brother and I had to do a lot of growing up fast. Naomi also in sunny Epsom

i had my son at 35 and my daughter at 37 1/2

Debbi, My Dad was 50 when I was born as well. Lynne Epsom

My Mum was 44 years old when I was born, she had three other girls. I had six boys by the age of 38. Then at 43 I had a little girl eventually. Would not swap them for the world. Happy Lynne from Epsom

Just another thought, my Dad was 50 when my half sister was born anyone beat that??? Debbi

This is not really a man thing ; but my own daughter presented me with a lovely grandson at the age of 44. It is all going very well but he is now three and his brothers are 19 & 20 and beleive it or not he guards them both very jealously.

Thank you all for your replies on here and through email......it seems things havnt changed much and there will always be young mums and not so young mums. Can anyone beat my scandulous greatgreatgrandmother with 3 illegitamate children before she was 30? And my twig with a child born when she was 48? Debbi

I was 27 when i had my daughter in 1997 and 32 when i had my son in 2001. He's a proper handful!! Tracey

Shay is still giggling and now chatters away in a foreign language too...he's a clever boy cant think where he gets it from!!! Hard to believe he will be 2 in 3 months...how time flies...maybe its time for another one lol(hiding from partner now) Debbi

Not really qualified to comment on this thread as I'm a bloke if you hadn't already picked up on that but my father, grandfather, gt-grandfather and gt-gt-grandfather were all in their 40s when their respective sons were born, e.g my dad was 47 when I was born, my grandfather was 42 when my dad was born, and so on.

Hi I had my first son when I was 21.Then had my second son when I was 39.He came as a complete shock I can tell you. Chris

I had my daughter at 22 then another at 25 another at 29 then my son at 39 lol

debs sorry cant help you there i was 17 when i had my first and 22 when i had my 4th and my first grandson when i was 36 susie