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HighHcQc t1_j9trha6 wrote

Reply to comment by throwaway_ghast in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

If you are over 25 there is a good chance that you knew someone who knew someone from the 1800's.

My grandfather was born in 1937, his own grandfather was born in 1876 and lived until the 1960's...

Crazy to think about.

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Andy_Liberty_1911 t1_j9ty30j wrote

My grandfather was born in 1911 and I knew him a little when I was young. Not quite your statistic but close!

Also apparently my dad had an aunt who thought Porfirio Diaz was “very handsome in uniform”. Pretty insane someone in my family met the Mexican dictator like that.

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20BensonLikeAGoodLad t1_j9uqln1 wrote

I have a neighbour who was born on the 1st of July 1916, the day the battle of the Somme started. He is still alive at the age of 106. If someone were to live to 106 in 1916, they would have been born in 1810.

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ascoult t1_j9ulb3w wrote

I think you may need to adjust your '25 years', people born in 1998 probably did not meet anyone from the 1800s.

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HighHcQc t1_j9uo8ba wrote

My younger brother was born that year and knew my grandfather. He is the reason why I chose this number. Also, I didn't say that anyone over 25 met someone from the 1800's. But that anyone over 25 met someone who met someone from then.

I never met anyone from the 1800's.

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