Talk:I'm My Own Grandpa

Genealogical diagram

I've thought of adding a convenient genealogical diagram, but it's hard to do without crossing lines... AnonMoos 08:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's one:

Yes, I think a diagram would be helpful, but the original parents should also at least be implied. Here is an attempt at an improvement:

Not until drawing this did I notice that the "step-grandfather-in-law" in the article is not quite right. The narrator is the stepfather of Readhead, who is the stepmother of the Narrator. No inlawing here, just a step-grandfather. On the other hand, Dad is now the father-in-law of Widow, who is mother-in-law of Dad, so he is his own grandfather-in-law, with no steps. Similarly for the women. –Henning Makholm 20:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm actually not sure about the crossed lines. Here's another attempt without crossed lines: -- AnonMoos 08:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Well... I think I like the crossed-lines version better; uncrossing them tends to obscure the basic symmetry of the situation. –Henning Makholm 21:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

It's less symmetrical, but it's easier to follow... AnonMoos 09:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Apparently we're not going to reach agreement here. I invite anyone who is not me or AnonMoos to make the decision and insert the diagram they find clearest into the article (or make a third variant!). –Henning Makholm 12:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

In-law

If you trace relationships up, the Narrator is his own father's mother-in-law's husband. There isn't really a fixed term for that in ordinary English usage, but I think it would be fair to call it a "step-grandfather-in-law" relationship... AnonMoos 08:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I see. I think that what irks me about "step-grandfather-in-law" is that (1) I would prefer the description of the loop that sounds least bizarre, and (2) the song itself does not mention in-law relations, and all the claims it makes make sense when considering only step-parent relations. –Henning Makholm 22:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you don't like "step-grandfather-in-law", then how about "step-step-grandfather" or "double-step-grandfather"? The point is that there are two deviations from an ordinary grandfather relationship (one's parent's father), while the term "step-grandfather" might imply that there was only one... AnonMoos 10:12, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The narrator is also his stepmother's stepfather, since the widow's daughter is both his stepmother (wife's daughter) and his stepmother (father's wife) Nik42 00:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes. I have now edited the intro to straighten things out, abandoning the "grandfather-with-modifiers" strategy which does not seem to be doable in a way that everybody finds unambiguous. –Henning Makholm 12:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

References

The integrated references within the article itself (news paper articles, TV show mentions etc.) are all done very well but a quick check of references at the bottom as in a references section, and notated references, which I am assuming adheres closer to the wikipedia manual of style, are completely lacking. Nagelfar (talk) 20:48, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Real-Life

Ron Wood (of The Rolling Stones) once entered into a relationship with a 14-year-old girl, with the consent of her mother. His grown son then married the girl's mother. What does this make them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.228.88 (talk) 01:59, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Well if Ron then married the 14 year old girl, then it would indeed be exactly like this song (Although note the narrator is actually the equivalent to Ron's SON not him).74.73.142.163 (talk) 02:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

German version

There is a German version, too. It's by the German language country band "Truck Stop" and is called "Mein Opa das bin ich" (literally "My grandpa that am I"). It's from the 1980's, and you can listen to it here on Youtube. They even use a genealogic diagram like the one in this Wikipedia article, so there's no doubt about it.

German version by Truck Stop

Please include this info into the article. I don't know how. Greetings from Germany 93.219.173.154 (talk) 09:22, 7 January 2012 (UTC)