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		Sharlin on April 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An end to all this prostate trouble? You only have to live to your 40s to become a grandparent in natural conditions, and your chances of living to at least your 50s have always been pretty good conditional on living long enough to reproduce at all.

nkrisc on April 27, 2025 [–]

Your 40s? A man could pretty easily be a grandfather at 26-28, possibly less.

Perhaps less common but 30s would probably be more likely.

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