Cire Posted April 14, 2016 I'm rather bored tonight. ;) My great grand-mother's sister is my oldest relative living (also, oldest at all that I know of). She will (hopefully) turn 107 years this autumn. How about you fellow Doomworlders? EDIT: Corrected this a few times, because of bad english 0 Share this post Link to post
Li'l devil Posted April 14, 2016 Ok, I reply, because I'm bored, too. I'm always bored. My oldest relative who I knew was one of my great grandmothers, who died in her 80s. My oldest living relative is grandmother, who's now 67. People in my country don't usually live long enough. It's a miracle if someone here lives up their 100s. In fact, I'm 18 and I already lost all my great grandparents, both my grandfathers and one grandmother. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 OK, thanks for replying! ;) I'm sad to hear that! ;( Don't know what country you're from though. I'm from Sweden, don't know if you already know that, but I'll mention it anyway. She's the only one left from that generation in my ancestry though, although her sister's that survived to adulthood all became old, my great grandmother being the youngest to die of them at 97. I'm 28 myself though now. I still have both my grandfathers and grandmothers left. They're all somewhere in their 70s now. 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted April 14, 2016 My mom works at a nursing home and I remember her telling me her oldest patient died at 112. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted April 14, 2016 My grandparents on my dad's side are almost 90. They've done a good job! 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted April 14, 2016 Grandad on my mums side lived to 94. Built furniture in to his late 80s and passed away on the farm my mother grew up in. Great Depression era tough. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 True that. I'm a bit interested in things such as this. Here's a relevant list regarding this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people 0 Share this post Link to post
kuchitsu Posted April 14, 2016 I actually don't know when some of them were born. Oops. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 That's completely understandable. There's only so much informatino one can store in the active memory parts of the brain, if you know what I mean! ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted April 14, 2016 My grandpa was born in 1895. He has grandsons born in 2003/2004. 0 Share this post Link to post
BigDickBzzrak Posted April 14, 2016 Well, I have a born-in-1922 grandpa, turns 94 next month! 0 Share this post Link to post
Tristan Posted April 14, 2016 My granddad was the youngest of four brothers, all born roughly five years apart. It's only him and the second youngest (aka my great-uncle) left now, and they're 84 and 88-90 now respectively. The first two both died in their mid-80s so they're both doing pretty well. They're the oldest still alive, but that great-uncle's wife died about a year ago, aged 97. 0 Share this post Link to post
HorrorMovieRei Posted April 14, 2016 My grandpa was 93 when he died. Mainliest guy I've ever met. He fought in WWII, which left him very rough, but he was a still nice person. If he didn't smoke so much, he would probably still be alive today, at around 98 years old. He was -the- man 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 He seemed like a cool guy! I'm sad to hear that he had to serve during the war though. ;( Can't even imagine the horror of surviving thru a war. At least 93 isn't too bad for a man though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 14, 2016 My great-grandmother who passed away in 2006 lived to be 92 years old. Metformin, a very inexpensive type-2 diabetes drug, has the benefit of making animals extend their lifespan; while maintaining youthful vitality. Thus far it has proven successful for animal-subjects. This year, the United States will begin human trails. Supposedly, it will allow humans, who take it early enough, to live up to 120 years old. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 Yeah, I've Heard about it too, fascinating stuff! It's probably too late for me, but will most certainly be really useful for others! Really feels like rapid progress is being made in medicine nowadays. A friend today showed me a guy on the Internet that had suffered a neck injury and became almost completely immobilized. They somehow conected a Cable between his brain and neck to convert and re-route the nerve impulses I Think. It seems to be working, he could move one of his hands a bit at least I Think. Hopefully he'll recover even more with time. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 14, 2016 Cire said:Yeah, I've Heard about it too, fascinating stuff! It's probably too late for me, but will most certainly be really useful for others! I'll be 31 in June, so I hope they produce some definitive results, fast. EDIT: If they do manage to extend the lifespan of people, that would probably be a driving force in our need to colonize other habitats; like ocean floors; space-platforms; and terraforming moons and planets. Overpopulation would need to be dealt with, and there would need to be massive reforms to our current societies. That being said, I hope they keep the retirement age the same or even lower it. I don't want to live longer, to work longer. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 Yeah, I wonder how Young you need to be when you start taking it for it to work. If there's hope for you, it's hope for me too, since I'll be 29 in November. EDIT: Yeah, that would definitely need to be dealt with. But I do agree with you about the retirement age. Because as you said, not many people would want to live longer to work longer unless it's their dreamjob I guess. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 14, 2016 Cire said:Yeah, I wonder how Young you need to be when you start taking it for it to work. If there's hope for you, it's hope for me too, since I'll be 29 in November. If cloning becomes more advanced, there wouldn't even need to be such a need for a drug like this. We would simply be able to grow new bodies, or parts/organs, after our natural born cells begin to stop replicating properly from aging. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 Yeah, that's Another alternative to look forward too. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 14, 2016 HorrorMovieGuy said:My grandpa was 93 when he died. Mainliest guy I've ever met. He fought in WWII, which left him very rough, but he was a still nice person. If he didn't smoke so much, he would probably still be alive today, at around 98 years old. He was -the- man Sounds like my grandpa too. He lived to be 85, fought in WWII, and smoked cigarettes since he was a child. He died from brain cancer, nevertheless, like lung cancer; its linked to smoking as well. http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/brain-cancer They also found tumors in his lungs during the autopsy. 0 Share this post Link to post
scifista42 Posted April 14, 2016 Kontra Kommando said:This year, the United States will begin human trails. Supposedly, it will allow humans, who take it early enough, to live up to 120 years old. [...] I hope they produce some definitive results, fast. If they start testing on, say, 20-year old people now, the definitive results might be produced after... 100 years from now? Less years only if they will be negative. :O 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 14, 2016 scifista42 said:If they start testing on, say, 20-year old people now, the definitive results might be produced after... 100 years from now? Less years only if they will be negative. :O You're right actually. But also, if the test subject maintains youthfulness during that time. Say if they look like they are 40, when they are 80. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cire Posted April 14, 2016 I'm glad I don't smoke! You pay with both your wallet and your Health. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 15, 2016 My grandmother on my mothers side is currently I think 94. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cynical Posted April 15, 2016 Oldest living is my mom, at 61. Oldest relative I've ever known was my grandmother, who died at 97. 0 Share this post Link to post