Have you passed the 100th anniversary of your parent/s birth ?

[dobielvr]

Yes..Mother 1922-2004 Father 1913-2004

Mom was 82 when she passed and my Dad was 91

 

[debodun]

Yep. My dad was born in 1922. He would have been 103 this year. My mom was 10 years younger than him.

Very close to my parents. Dad born in October 1921 and mom in August 1930.

 

[jujube]

Yes, both of them, 1923 and 1925.

 

[TeePee]

My dad was born in 1895. He was quite a bit older than my mom. My mom was born in 1927. One more year and she would have been 100.

 

[Ruthanne]

Yes but only my dad's. Born in 1923.

 

[Buckeye]

Yes. Both of my parents were born in 1923. Dad died young (31) in 1954. My mother lived to be 98 (died in 2021). I still miss them both.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

My dad was born in 1903 and my mom in 1905, and they have been gone since 1988, both lived into their 80’s. Tomorrow would have been my mom’s 120th birthday, and I still miss them both all the time.

 

[Cailin]

Very close to my parents. Dad born in October 1921 and mom in August 1930.

My dad was also born in October.

 

[BJintheUK]

I know that my mum was born in Feb 1920, so she would be 105 if she was alive today. As it was she departed at the start of Sept 2005, when she was 85. As for my dad, I believe he was a year or so younger than she was, and if it's who Ancestry UK said it was then he's been dead since 1975.

 

[Aunt Bea]

My parents were both born in 1918.

 

[spectratg]

My Pa was born in 1908 and my Ma in 1910.

 

[hollydolly]

Next March 17, will be the 104th anniversary of my father's birth. He died in 1966, one day after his birthday. This October 17th, was the 97th anniversary of my mother's birth. She died in 1998, eight days before her 70th birthday.

so your dad like my mum died very young ?

 

[Mike]

Yes I have, my mother would be 106 years next March
and my father would be 112 next April, unfortunately,
they are both gone, but I always raise a glass to their
birthdays.

Mike.

 

[hollydolly]

I know that my mum was born in Feb 1920, so she would be 105 if she was alive today. As it was she departed at the start of Sept 2005, when she was 85. As for my dad, I believe he was a year or so younger than she was, and if it's who Ancestry UK said it was then he's been dead since 1975.

oh, did you not know your father ?

 

[moviequeen1]

My dad born in 1916, died in 1996 he was 80
My mom born in 1923,died in 2003 also 80

 

[dusty]

My father died at 56 in Dec 1974 and 2 weeks later my mother died at 53. I have outlivd them by over 50 yrs.

 

[Tom52]

Dad wss born on February 29, 1924 so he would be approaching 102. Bit he would tell you he is still only 25. He passed just 2 weeks shy of his 90tj birthday. Mom was born in 1931 but passed just shy of her 78th birthday.

 

[Trade]

My father died at 56 in Dec 1974 and 2 weeks later my mother died at 53. I have outlivd them by over 50 yrs.

Both of my parents died young too.

Dad born 1911, died 1957
Mom born 1913, died 1967.

 

[BJintheUK]

oh, did you not know your father ?

Hollydolly, I exist because my mum was date raped. My father denied all knowledge at first, but then said that he was a married man and my mum could have slept with many different men and just blamed him because she knew him from their commute to work and back. The social services people at the time believed him, so they didn't force him to pay any maintenance.

However, when I was born the woman who'd been dealing with the case came to see me, and was struck by how much I resembled him. She then wrote a long letter of apology and sent it with a box of chocolates to my mum. She sent the whole lot back, as it was too late to change the situation once I was born.

Mum did tell me his name, so I knew who to look for on Ancestry UK, and my missus did some research. I knew that he worked at the same place as my mum (and later on me!), but it was a very large site, and you could work for years without ever meeting the same person twice.

Anyway, apparently he married a woman in late 1948, so he was married less than a year when he met my mum on the bus to and from work each day. They got chatting and eventually he asked her out for a drink just before Christmas 1949. She went along, and at first all was well, but she told me that he got her drunk and then offered to walk her home. Along the way he somehow got her into a field, where he had his wicked way with her.

When he was done he got up and started to get dressed. My mum told me that she said to him, "What have you done?", whereupon he ran away and left her there to get herself decent and stagger home.

My mum was 29 years old at that point, and had never had a boyfriend, so his attention was a big deal for her, and she learned the hard way, that his attention was aimed in one direction only.

Anyway, here I am, and he isn't. Apparently, according to Ancestry UK he died in 1975, so he would have been just over 50 years old when he died. Furthermore, although he was married, and his 'son' registered his death, we've been unable to find a birth certificate for him, so it's possible that they had to adopt, and I'm his only actual offspring. Who knows?

 

[jet]

my mum born 1918,,my dad?not a clue,he ran away when i was a baby lol

 

[Oldun]

Father was born 1918
Mother was born 1921

 

[hollydolly]

@BJintheUK and @jet ...jeez you 2 guys... what sad situations... and how much those 2 missing sperm donors ... missed out on having great sons.....

 

[BJintheUK]

@BJintheUK and @jet ...jeez you 2 guys... what sad situations... and how much those 2 missing sperm donors ... missed out on having great sons.....

Yes, sad isn't it? Then there's the other side of the coin. If those missing sperm donors had stayed around, would they have been supportive, or would they have resented the imposition of a family on their freedom, and made life a total misery for the mother and child? However, there have been times when I wished I had a dad.

For one thing I had no idea how to be a dad myself when I became one, and it's been a very steep learning curve for the last 42 years.

Having a dad like all my friends had would have made a huge financial difference to how I was brought up, and also would have given me the confidence to go out with girls much earlier than I did eventually manage. As such I've always had the feeling that I missed out on something I should have been a part of, and now as an old man I hope that I'm not becoming too bitter about it.

 

[Imogene]

Yes. Dad 1918. Mom 1924.