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NeNe Leakes

Back in 2012, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star surprised everyone when she revealed to InTouch Weekly that she became a grandmother to little Bri’Asia, Bryson’s daughter, at 44. NeNe said grandmotherhood was a surprise to her too, but she was up for her new duties. “Forty is the new 30. I’m a sassy, fashion-forward grandma.”

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Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar

You don’t get to 19 Kids and Counting without starting pretty early. So no one was too surprised when these parents became grandparents at 43 and 44. What was surprising was when grandmother Michelle Duggar had her 19th child shortly after.

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Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey became a grandfather at 48, and he says, “I love being granddaddy, granddaddy Jim. It’s very odd, it’s not something I expected at this age to be. I just get a lot of joy, a lot of joy from that little boy. He’s just magical. It’s the greatest feeling in the world, and as you get older…your connection to these things gets so intense. You just go, ‘Without this, I die.'”

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Vicki Gunvalson

The Real Housewives of Orange County star became a grandmother at 50 when her daughter Brianna had a baby boy back in 2012. And Gunvalson loves her new G-ma duties. “I think what’s great about being a grandmother is I don’t have to do any of the responsibilities!”

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Naomi Judd

Country legend Naomi Judd became a grandmother at 48 when her daughter Wynonna Judd had a son in 1998. Naomi said that “Being ‘Mamaw’ is a reward right up there with my seven Grammys and all my other awards and being a New York Times best-selling author and the mother of two good girls.”