Family of five generations from Halifax celebrate great-great-grandma's 90th birthday

A five generation family from Halifax have got together to celebrate a great-great-grandma's 90th birthday.
By Tom Scargill
Published 5th Jun 2023, 19:00 BST
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Ann Skinner has 18 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, with another on the way.

A party was held to celebrate Ann’s 90th birthday, which is today (Monday), where her daughter Linda O’Hara, grand-daughter Dawn Brown, great-grandson Nathan Brown and great-great-grandson Arthur Brown were pictured together.

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The family are mainly from Lee Mount and Ovenden, but have cousins who live in Australia and Monte Carlo.

From left: Dawn Brown with grand-daughter Thea Brown on her knee, Ann Skinner, Linda O'Hara, Nathan Brown and his son Arthur Brown on his kneeFrom left: Dawn Brown with grand-daughter Thea Brown on her knee, Ann Skinner, Linda O'Hara, Nathan Brown and his son Arthur Brown on his knee
From left: Dawn Brown with grand-daughter Thea Brown on her knee, Ann Skinner, Linda O'Hara, Nathan Brown and his son Arthur Brown on his knee

Dawn said: “I feel really proud and blessed to be a part of a large fun, crazy, loving, caring family and to be a part of five generations in one family is amazing, seeing as its the second time its happened.

"In 1994 my sister made my grandma a great-grandma and my great-grandad, my grandma's dad, a great-great-grandad.

"It rarely happens once but for it to happen twice is amazing. Who knows maybe one day I'll be at the top of that five generation line.”

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