P.E.I. woman becomes a great-great-great grandmother after boy's birth

At age 92, Tish Lidstoneof West Cape, P.E.I., says she's thankful she has lived long enough to experience a rare occurrence: becoming a great-great-great grandmother, following the birth of a boy last week.

"It's one of them things you thank God every day that you're alive and that you can live to see,"Lidstonetold CBC's Island Morning.

With Kartar's birth, the family marked amilestone: six generations are now living on the Island. Lindstone's great-great grandson, Morgan Wallace, is Kartar's father.

Lidstonesaidit is marvellous thing to live to see, and her granddaughter, JaniceAnnand, 51, discovered through a recentGooglesearch just how uncommon it is. Annand tweeted about it early Tuesday morning, which is what led CBC News to the story.

"My grandmother, she can't believe she's lived to see six generations," saidAnnand, who is now a great-grandmother.

There is believed to be just one six-generation family in all of the U.K., but there may be two now in Canada. An Alberta woman became a great-great-great grandmother in October.

• Alberta woman becomes great-great-great-grandmother

The members of all six generations of Lidstone's family live within about 15 minutes of each other near O'Leary in westernP.E.I.

"I just love having them all here," she said.

Annand's daughter,Sherri-LynnWallace, 33, told Island Morning she's excited to be a new grandmother to Kartar, adding, "He's a cute little thing.

"You just don't ever hear about it. It was a big deal when we had five generations and now to have the six, it's pretty amazing."

The family is planning to bring everyone together soon.

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