This takes some going! A family in Yorkshire, England, currently has six generations alive at the same time, headed by great great great grandmother Hilda Hanson, aged 103. Baby Finley is the most recent addition - in total there are 44 members of the family.The BBC ran an interview on local radio with members of the family to to try to establish who was related to whom - have a listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38704598 !
The Guardian newspaper also has a story on the family at https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/21/nought-to-103-in-six-generations-bradford-hanson-family-claim-uk-record.
Some of us can only get back that number of generations after a lot of research - if only we could just have a cup of tea and interview all of our ancestors in one go, as with this Yorkshire family!
Chris
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