Orthophren t1_j1grocj wrote on December 24, 2022 at 5:34 AM

Five generations since the early 1930s? That works out to five consecutive 18 year old mothers to cover 90 years. Just surprised is all. Feels like one of those "tell me you're American without telling me you're American" TikToks.

ubermaker77 OP t1_j1h4akk wrote on December 24, 2022 at 8:12 AM

You're not wrong. My mom had me at 21, grandmother was married at 14 and had my mom (her second child) at 16, and my great grandmother had four kids by the time she was 21... The assumption itself isn't necessarily true if the first generation was already older when she bought it, though. Say she bought it in 1930, passed it onto her daughter in 1940, then it only needs transfered three more times in the next 82 years to reach 5 generations of ownership.

Fun fact: my wife actually has a 5 generation matrilineal photo taken in 2018 with her great grandmother (who was 96 at the time) all the way down to our daughter.

ELONGATEDSNAIL t1_j1gt794 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 5:51 AM

Was thinking that to. That's a lot of family to have over 90 years.

Odd-Pick7512 t1_j1iawbl wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:17 PM

A generation is about 20 years. So since 1930 in the US you have The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and babies born today are currently a new unnamed generation.

naughtysaurus t1_j1jwctg wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:17 PM

It's not unnamed. Generation Alpha started in 2010.

Odd-Pick7512 t1_j1ka56m wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:15 AM

First I've heard that term. TIL.

I think 2010 seems a bit early and cuts into Gen Z period. But that's just me.

naughtysaurus t1_j1kczjn wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:42 AM

The beginning year is a bit fuzzy, but for research purposes the starting year is 2010. Lots of stuff says early to mid 2010s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Alpha

WikiSummarizerBot t1_j1kd0yq wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:43 AM

Generation Alpha

>Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha for short) is the Western demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early to mid 2010s as starting birth years and the mid 2020s as ending birth years. Named after the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Generation Alpha is the first to be born entirely in the 21st century. Most members of Generation Alpha are the children of Millennials. Generation Alpha has been born at a time of falling fertility rates across much of the world.

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