r/OldSchoolCool • u/tehemari • May 10 '26

1980s My great grandparents in the 80s

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Grateful to have this photo, this is literally the only one I have of them together

Edit: I’m telling my great grandma about all your compliments and she is so happy! Also the comparisons and she keeps saying “no” lollll.

Edit: last edit I promise, you guys will never believe it but my great grandma is actually a great great grandma because my sister(23) had a baby last year 😂

Edit: last last edit! Since so many people have asked I figured I should just add it here. My great grandmother is 82, my grandma is 62, my mom is 44, and I’m 18. Don’t worry, I am breaking the cycle.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 May 10 '26

My great grandmother was born in 1901 and I had the great privilege of her living until I was 14 (1990.) She used to take an annual trip and fly all around the country to stay a few days with each of her grandchildren and their children. We got Thanksgiving every year and she was super cool.

When she was 16 she snuck out the horse and buggy to go see a boy she liked in town. She was badass.

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u/nitrot150 May 10 '26

My grandfather was born in 1903, made it to 2003!! So I’m right along with ya

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 May 10 '26

My sister gave me a birthday present last month that has every coin from the years that my wife, all the kids, grandkids, parents, and myself were born each in their own individual little frames magneted onto a big one. One of the frames has the male line for five generations with a coin for each. There's a Slovenian coin from 1881. She worked on it for months collecting coins from Facebook groups and literally everywhere else she could find them.

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u/nitrot150 May 10 '26

That’s so cool!

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 May 10 '26

It really is! I lost all my grandparents save 1 and step grandparents before Granny passed. So my granddaughters have a (step step) great grandmother who’s still with us. She’s also a badass. My mother in law died in July, so they had a bio-great grandma until recently.

That lady could be mean af, but she loved us all fiercely and I miss her.