History Main / AbsurdlyYouthfulMother

In RealLife, a girl can conceive about two weeks before her first menstrual cycle, which commonly occurs (on average) at around 11 or 12 years old these days (although carrying a child to term before physical maturity is risky and has a higher chance of DeathByChildbirth; Henry VII's mother was thirteen when she gave birth to him and couldn't get pregnant again because of the damage to her reproductive organs) and in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age, such as ''five years old''.[[note]]Lina Medina, the notorious example referenced, had a case of extreme precocious puberty i.e. puberty at an absurdly young age, and reportedly had already gotten her period when she was an infant. She is the youngest mother ever in recorded history, though she was too young to remember that the baby was hers, and her parents [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo raised him as her brother]]. While the girl's father swore he had absolutely nothing to do with her impregnation, and the evidence (or rather lack thereof) eventually cleared him of all rape and incest charges, there's still the FridgeHorror question of who the father ''was''. The ''Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords'' dropped the "Youngest Ever Mother" category held by Medina out of exactly these ethical considerations; there was also the fear that somebody somewhere was going to try to '''beat''' this record. ''Website/{{Wikipedia}}'' has a lengthy list of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers young mothers]], nearly all of which have very heart-breaking backstories.[[/note]]

* In ''Series/{{Shameless}}'', Ethel has a ChildByRape from her [[OldManMarryingAChild 65 year old husband Clyde]] at the age of 13.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ross' season seven girlfriend Elizabeth is a 20 year old college student. When the gang meet her father, who's played by Creator/BruceWillis, the girls comment on how surprisingly young he is. He explains that he and his late wife were very young when they had Elizabeth.