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I'm curious how many moms and dads here were of an "advanced age" when they had their gifted child.

I don't recall exactly where I read it, but apparently, just like having "multiples", being older when conception occurs is more likely to produce a gifted child.

Can anyone help me with where I may have read this? It seems very odd to me; but so does the multiple birth situation.

What would you qualify as "advanced age"?

I was almost 26 and just turned 28 when dds were born but dh was 40 and 42. Does paternal advanced age count?

I don't recall exactly the age given. I do remember it was past 30 and possibly into the age of 35+.

Like I said, I'm trying to find where I read this. Google is no help.

I don't recall if the article made a distinction between the sexes or not.

I had my kids in my late 30s. I was busy being an attorney in my 20s. If I had had my kids in my 20s, I assume, based on family history, that they still would have been gifted. Could the correlation be partially due to some educated moms choosing to have careers and delaying child-bearing?

Well, then I guess I would qualify - I was 33 and 38 when my DDs were born and DH was 38 and 43.
My brother and his wife were in their late 20s when they had their girls and both of the kids are gifted.

Searching and found this: Dad's Age May Lower Junior's I.Q.

Not the article I recall...

LOL - I was 3 weeks shy of 40 when I had ds8, and dh was 47 at the time

I know I qualify .. lol
I was 39 when dd8 was born (not yet identified) and 41 when ds6 was born (ID as HG)
edited to add dh was 32 when dd was born and 34 when ds was born