Okay so this isn’t exactly breaking news as I’m apparently late to the party. But I stumbled across this tweet and it was the first I’d heard of it. And suffice to say it is absolutely blowing my mind.
John Tyler, America’s tenth president, was born in 1790. He has two living grandchildren.
Yes, grandchildren. pic.twitter.com/ZHrXrEBJr1
— Matt Smethurst (@MattSmethurst) January 10, 2018
John Tyler was born in 1790 and served as POTUS April 4, 1881 – March 4, 1885. And yet he still has two living grandchildren.
Here’s how the timeline works out:
- Lyon Tyler was born in 1853; John Tyler was 63
- Lyon was 71 when his son Lyon Jr. was born in 1924 and 75 when son Harrison was born in 1928
- Both Lyon Jr . and Harrison are still alive today
Not much more to this; just a really interesting fact that I’m still trying to wrap my head around. Oh, and if you had no idea a guy named John Tyler was one of our presidents? Well join the club because I swear I had never heard this name before in my life.
