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why did that old guy had a 11 year old sister?


this movie made zero sense!

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I looked it up, and their respective ages at the movie's release were 54, 38, and 14. So yeah, quite a bit closer in age to the mom. Means his mom had him at 16 and his sister at 40.

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We should all remember that an actor's age has nothing to do with a character's age.

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So. Mick Jagger has a son who is younger than his great-grandchild.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/entertainment/mick-jagger-family-tree-trnd/index.html

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Not unheard of. Especially back then. My Great-Grandmother has thirteen children over a period of 21 years.

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I once knew someone who had a sibling in their early 30s while they were in their teens. It's not unheard of at all, even if it is a bit odd nowadays.

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My husband's mom had her first child in 1949 when she was 19 and her last child in 1973 when she was 44. It happens....

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