Linn, my mom was born in 1936. My dad in 1928. Both grandmothers would be well past 100 were they still alive. One would be close to 115, if not already past it (she did not know her actual birthdate, remarkably enough. Her illiterate mother told her she was born, "When the cherry trees were in blossom"). She had 11 siblings, so she guesstimated her age based on her spot in the family, and made up her birth year and date to be younger than her husband (she was actually older than my grandfather). She traveled by horse and buggy as a girl and lived to see the space program. Amazing.
