We have six generations in our family!

He’s only five weeks old, but Cyrus Wadsworth can already lay claim to one thing most of us haven’t experienced – a cuddle from his great-great-great grandmother.

Snuggled in the arms of 99-year-old Amy Hartin, the Brisbane baby has almost certainly made Australian history, becoming the sixth living generation of his family.

‘I’ve researched all over the world and I have only found one other family of six generations and that was in the UK,’ grandfather Peter Huntingdon proudly explains. ‘I think we must be unique in Australia.’

All six generations came together for a historic family photo on the NSW north coast last week.

Cyrus’ mum Aleisha and dad Darcy Wadsworth, both 19, flew from Brisbane. Her mum, Kellie-Jean Huntingdon, 37, and her husband Peter flew down from Mackay.

Great grandma Vicki Rigg, 59, arrived from Anna Bay in NSW and they all descended on a Corlette nursing home where Vicki’s 81-year-old mum Amy Scott lives with her mum Amy Hartin.

It was the first time the family matriarch had laid eyes on her new great-great-great grandson, and jokingly she said: ‘I think he looks like me! I’ve got my new cardigan on, blue for a boy. He’s special.’

But perhaps the most emotional introduction was when Amy Scott met baby Cyrus.
The great-great grandmother is seriously ill and had been worried she’d never meet the new addition to the family.

As she held Cyrus close, she whispered: ‘I have been hanging on for this moment.
I was determined to see him.
‘He really is beautiful. Such a gorgeous baby. I can’t believe he is here in my arms.’

For beaming mum Aleisha, bringing the family together was a dream come true, but she reveals it was not helped by Cyrus’ late arrival – entering the world four days after his due date.

‘I can’t believe this is really happening. I think it is rare for five generations of a family to still be alive, so our six generations must be very unusual,’ she says.

‘We just hoped we could get Cyrus to meet his great-great grandmother and his great-great-great grandmother. He didn’t help matters by being late!’

Overjoyed great grandmother Vicki shared in the news: ‘When I told the two Amys the baby had arrived, my mother said it was her last wish to get to hold him. This is so emotional for me, seeing that dream come true.’

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