In
the United Kingdom there is currently only one family to have six generations
alive at the same time – and they are all female. The British family is
believed to be only the second family in the UK to have six generations alive
at the same time. The world-record for the highest number of living generations
in the same family is seven, which was achieved in 1989 by a family in America.
Ruby Snowling is 100 years old. Ruby had eight children with her husband
Russell before he died in 1979, aged 72. Ruby now lives with her 81-year-old
son Albert in Norfolk.
In the photograph, Ruby is in the middle, holding Meiche. Ruby’s daughter
is 79-year-old Dorothy Matthews, in the dark trousers sitting next to Ruby. Dorothy
and her husband Donald have two children, and they live nearby.
Dorothy’s daughter is 60-year-old Sandra Smith, who is sitting on the
opposite side of Ruby. Sandra and her husband Derek, from Suffolk, have two
children.
Sandra’s daughter is 40-year-old Samantha from Norwich – behind the sofa on
the right-hand-side.
Samantha’s daughter is Porche Hume, next to her mother. Porche gave birth
to Meiche in February 2016. One-year-old Meiche is sitting on her
great-great-great grandma’s lap.
The age difference from the oldest to the youngest is 99 years.
In the photograph, from left to right is: grand-daughter Sandra (60),
great-great grand-daughter Porsche, Ruby Snowling (100), Meiche (1), great
grand-daughter Samantha (40), and daughter Dorothy (79). Photo: Albanpix.
Sandra said: “Luckily for us
we have old age running in our family. We never thought our family was anything
special. It is marvellous for my nan Ruby to be a great great great grandma. She
is fantastic for her age and still has all her faculties.”
Sandra said the secret to
Ruby’s long life is “being honest and straight with everyone and hard working. We
have all been brought up with good morals and that is what makes a difference. My
nan was a hard worker and so was my mum - and my children have also worked
hard.”
MARTINA NICOLLS is an international
aid and development consultant, and the author of:- The Shortness of
Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet
(2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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