Our Tenth President, John Tyler, was born in the year 1790. That’s a mere fourteen years after the Declaration of Independence was written.
Okay folks, listen up. John Tyler’s grandson is still alive and well. I’m not joking. A man who was born two hundred and twenty-two years ago has a living grandson, Lyon Tyler. This borders on science fiction/fantasy.
From News Channel 5 in Nashville, TN -
“President Tyler’s first wife (Leticia) died while he was in office. He soon remarried a much younger lady (Julia).
“And somebody said aren’t you a little too old for her and he said I’m in my prime. And they said where will you be when she’s in her prime? But he was primed up all the way through and he had seven more kids,” Lyon says.
“One of those kids was Lyon’s dad, who also married a second time later in life.
“He got married at 70 and had three more kids,” Lyon told NewsChannel 5 reporter Steve Hayslip.
“Yea, mom was 35,” Lyon says with a smile.
“That makes Lyon grandson to the 10th President.”
Oh my god, this is so cool! To think that a man born in the Eighteenth Century has a living grandson.
The young Tyler was a hottie! And he married a Julia. Yowza! I find this fascinating. Imagine if your grandfather sired your father at the age of, say, one hundred - which is not beyond the realm of possibility, and your father sired you at the age of one hundred and you are now one hundred years old, your grandfather would have been born three hundred years ago, in the year 1712. (Is my math correct? I’m math-challenged.) Think of the implications!
When I was 18, I dated a PhD student - he was 26. He was the son of a share-cropper and his third wife. When my friend was born, his father was 82 years old. There ya go.
Wow…very interesting.
Bionic sperm…they never go bad.
For genealogy purposes, you figure five generations for the twentieth century, four for the nineteenth century and 3.5 for the eighteenth century. This is quite a story. Thank you for sharing it!
That really is amazing. It is hard to fathom there aren’t more generations separating them. Where do you find this wacky stuff, Julia?
I know, Nina, isn’t this the most amazing story?! I have a secret helper….
It’s pretty incredible, Anny. Truly.
Well, Penny, when you think about it, if you freeze your sperm or your egg, you could have children or grandchildren born hundreds of years after you die.
Totally, Amber.
This is amazing!! You just mind freaked me!!
I know, Casey, this is so cool!
how old is the guy?
Steph, he’s 82.
Well, he was 82 when he was interviewed. I’ll have to double check the date. I think it was 2011.
Great story, but you lost me at the maths. Ishbel says when I lost a finger I lost the ability to count ( I don’t think I ever had that ability)
Well, Tom, as I said, I’m quite math-challenged.
Love it when you share historical trivia.