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TIL the most generations alive in a single family has been seven. Augusta Bunge aged 109 years, followed by her daughter aged 89, her grand-daughter, 70, her gr.-grand-daughter, 52, her gr.-gr. grand-daughter, 33, her gr.-gr.-gr. grand-daughter, 15 and her gr.-gr.-gr.-gr. grandson born in 1989.

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