The youngest mother recorded was five. Another gave birth to her daughter at age 8 and her daughter gave birth at the age of 8 as well, making her the youngest recorded grandmother at age 16. It's hard to wrap your head around both these situations considering how different your life was...

+103 The youngest mother recorded was five. Another gave birth to her daughter at age 8 and her daughter gave birth at the age of 8 as well, making her the youngest recorded grandmother at age 16. It's hard to wrap your head around both these situations considering how different your life was at the ages of 5, 8, etc., amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

How can that happen if they don't have a period yet?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

the five year old started before she was one years old

by Anonymous 11 years ago

How does that happen though? Hormone shot?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

she was an exception to the norm

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I seriously don't get why people are downvoting this comment. This is factually correct.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's so mindblowing. I didn't even know that that is biologically possible.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This is, of course, under the assumption that they haven't had a period yet.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't know about the other two, but the five year old did get hers

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The five year old was from Peru and the 17* year old grand mother(she gave birth at 8.4 years and her daughter at 8.8) was from Nigeria

by Anonymous 11 years ago

worlds youngest grandomther was 23 http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/oct/121012-romania-worlds-youngest-grandmother-hatke-news.htm

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Maybe that article is talking about the youngest that is still alive today but what I found was closer to what fireflyrage said I just forgot to take into account the months so the youngest grandmother at Lear recorded was 17

by Anonymous 11 years ago

*at least

by Anonymous 11 years ago