My grandfather and grandmother on my mothers side were born in the 1920s. They died in a car accident 1989, when i was to young to remember. I only know them from photos.
I am possibly amongst the last people that know of them, but i can’t claim to have known them. Assuming that random people count into the rules, there might be somebody who was four in 1989 and has for some reason some memory of some interaction with my grandperents. If thad person lives 100 years, to 2085, thad still is over 100 years short of 200.
TLDR think 200 is far of, it’s more like 100 years.
The prompt says “know you once existed,” not “knew you personally.” I’m sorry for your family’s loss. Even if you can’t pass on a firsthand memory of them, you have the power to learn about them and pass on the knowledge that they once existed.
I know that my great-great-great-grandparents August Bergstrom and Anna B. Bergstrom née Johnson once existed. They immigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1881 and settled in Gibson City, Illinois. They had six children, including my great-great-grandfather Claude Otto Bergstrom. I have photos of their grave markers. According to family legend, Anna was to be a mail-order bride but fell in love with one of her traveling companions, August, and married him instead. God willing, this will not be the last generation to know that August and Anna once existed.
If you have a kid at like 70 years old and they also have one around the same age you could make it to 200 but yeah I think the average might even be under 100
My grandfather and grandmother on my mothers side were born in the 1920s. They died in a car accident 1989, when i was to young to remember. I only know them from photos.
I am possibly amongst the last people that know of them, but i can’t claim to have known them. Assuming that random people count into the rules, there might be somebody who was four in 1989 and has for some reason some memory of some interaction with my grandperents. If thad person lives 100 years, to 2085, thad still is over 100 years short of 200.
TLDR think 200 is far of, it’s more like 100 years.
Well now we all know of them too, so you aren’t the last! Sorry for your loss.
The prompt says “know you once existed,” not “knew you personally.” I’m sorry for your family’s loss. Even if you can’t pass on a firsthand memory of them, you have the power to learn about them and pass on the knowledge that they once existed.
I know that my great-great-great-grandparents August Bergstrom and Anna B. Bergstrom née Johnson once existed. They immigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1881 and settled in Gibson City, Illinois. They had six children, including my great-great-grandfather Claude Otto Bergstrom. I have photos of their grave markers. According to family legend, Anna was to be a mail-order bride but fell in love with one of her traveling companions, August, and married him instead. God willing, this will not be the last generation to know that August and Anna once existed.
You know far more about your great-grandparents than I do. I’m not even sure about their names.
Familysearch.org has been a blessing!
If you have a kid at like 70 years old and they also have one around the same age you could make it to 200 but yeah I think the average might even be under 100