Great-great-grandfather Roy Howes has been able to celebrate the start of the fifth living generation of his family.
Roy, 96, said hello to two-week-old Edison for the first time in the same house where he has greeted his other descendants for the last six decades – all of whom are male.
The former Royal Navy serviceman was joined by his son, Roy Jr, 75, and six other further family members at his home in Portsmouth. In attendance were Roy Jr’s son Michael, 48, his sons Liam, 23, Alfie, 15 and Lewis, 26, – who is Edison’s father – his partner Emily Pryke and, of course, baby Edison.Edison’s grandfather Michael said: ‘You don’t get many families who reach five generations, and all men too.Lewism, an electrician, said: ‘It’s weird to think that we’ve all been [Edison’s] age in this house, it’s seen five generations grow up.
Roy was overjoyed to meet baby Edison, and thanked everyone for coming to celebrate the very special occasion.‘Liam and I are quite close in age so we kind of grew up together. We’re a really close family.’He moved to the home he still lives in back in 1963, and was the first-ever resident of the housing block.On meeting his fifth family generation, Roy said: ‘I never expected it, it’s weird.
His great-grandson Liam added: ‘It’s true, we have to remind him every time. I’m the painter, he’s the electrician.’More:
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