Because the average life span was so limited before the 20th Century, it's always a surprise to find an ancestor who lived a life that was long even by today's standards. My Swiss-German 5th great grandmother, who was born in the early 1700s, lived into her nineties. Cathy Martin ________________________________________________________________________ Interested in getting caught up on today's news? Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=198954&u=http://www.usatoday.com/news/front.htm?csp=24