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Speaking to TMZ just after granddaughter Luna was born, Sheen said: "It's impossibly a wondrous day. My bucket list is a thimble!" In the picture Actor Martin Sheen (Charlie Sheen's father) and Cassandra Estevez (Charlie Sheen's daughter).
Donny Osmond and his wife Debra have five sons together: Donald, Jeremy, Brandon, Christopher, and Joshua. Their first grandson, Dylan, was born in 2005 when Osmond was just 47.
Alexandrea's daughter Amarah then made Whoopi a great-grandmother in 2014, when she was just 58. At this rate Whoopi could one day be a great-great-grandmother!
Grandparents, just like parents, come in all different shapes and sizes. The stereotypes of slow driving and a stash of Werther's Originals in the glove compartment have long since gone out the window.
This is even more so the case for those people who become grandparents very young. Of course, the younger a grandparent is the less likely it is they will conform to the stereotype of an aged, frail relative.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebrities became grandparents before turning 50.
Former NFL player Brett Favre had his first daughter, Brittany, when he was 19 years old. She then made him a grandfather when she was just 21.
Apparently Bristol revealed to her mother that she was pregnant just after Palin had given birth to her own son, Trig.
Brosnan's adopted daughter with Harris, Charlotte, gave birth to a little girl in 1998, making him a grandfather at the ripe old age of 45.
Shortly after the birth of little Jackson, Carrey posted a picture to Twitter with the caption: “Jackson Riley Santana, My Grandson, Born today! This is what 7 lbs. 11oz. of California dynamite looks like!”
Actress Whoopi Goldberg became a grandmother at just 34 years of age. She had her daughter Alexandrea when she was 17, and Alexandrea had her own daughter at 16.
Actor Jim Carrey was made a grandfather in 2010 when his only daughter, Jane, had her son Jackson Riley with Santana, the lead singer of the metal band Blood Money.
Sarah Palin became a grandmother in 2008 when her 18-year-old daughter Bristol and her boyfriend Levi Johnston welcomed baby Tripp to the world.
Jagger was nonetheless made a grandfather at age 48 when his second daughter, Jade, gave birth to her daughter Assisi Lola in 1992. Assisi now has children of her own and Jagger is a great-grandfather.
Although Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger has a whopping eight children, he did not start particularly early: his first daughter, Karis, was born when he was 26.
Including Dylan, the Osmond grandparents have welcomed a grand total of 12 grandchildren. The youngest member of the clan was born in December 2020.
It was thanks to stepdaughter Sierra that the Gnarls Barkley member became a grandfather at just 35 years old. Sierra gave birth to her baby boy in 2010.
Charlie Sheen's first daughter, Cassandra Estevez, made him a grandfather in 2013 when she gave birth to a baby girl, Luna. Sheen was 47 years old at the time.
English actor Kiefer Sutherland has two daughters from his first marriage to Camelia Kath: stepdaughter Michelle Kath and biological daughter Sarah Sutherland.
Actor Pierce Brosnan has a grand total of five children: three with his first wife, Cassandra Harris, and two with his second wife, Keely Shaye Smith.
It was Michelle who made Sutherland a grandfather well before he was 50, when she gave birth to her first son, Hamish Adam Kiefer Sutherland.
Musician Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, AKA CeeLo Green, has a son with his ex-wife Christina Johnson. He was also stepfather to her daughters, Sierra and Kalah.
Country artist Naomi Judd gave birth to her first daughter, Christina Ciminella (who would subsequently be known as Wynonna Judd), when she was just 18 years old.
Josh Brolin's son Trevor was born less than a year after Molly Elizabeth, making his father James Brolin a grandfather shortly before his 48th birthday.
It is perhaps not surprising, then, that the artist was a grandmother before 50. In 2008 Judd told People that she enjoyed being "completely present" when spending time with her grandkids.
Actor James Brolin has three children: with his first wife, Jane Cameron Agee, he had Josh (b.1968) and Jess (b.1972), and with his second wife, Jan Smithers, he had Molly Elizabeth (b.1987).
Lisa Marie made Priscilla a 44-year-old grandmother when she gave birth to Danielle Riley in 1989. Lisa Marie then went on to have three more children.
Gunvalson also became a grandmother early on, when her daughter Briana gave birth to her first son, Troy, in 2012. Briana now has three children, the youngest of whom was born in November 2020.
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Priscilla Presley's daughter with Elvis, Lisa Marie Presley, was born in 1968 when her mother was 22 years old. She was the only child of both her mother and father.
The 'Real Wives of Orange Country' star Vicky Gunvalson started quite early. She married her first husband, Michael J. Wolfsmith, when she was 21 and they had two children: Briana and Michael.
Favre was still playing football when his grandson Parker Brett was born, and according to the NFL, he was the only active player with grandchildren.
Celebrities who were grandparents before turning 50
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Grandparents, just like parents, come in all different shapes and sizes. The stereotypes of slow driving and a stash of Werther's Originals in the glove compartment have long since gone out the window.
This is even more so the case for those people who become grandparents very young. Of course, the younger a grandparent is the less likely it is they will conform to the stereotype of an aged, frail relative.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebrities became grandparents before turning 50.