History Main / AbsurdlyYouthfulMother

* In Creator/JaneYolen's Arthurian novel ''Sword of the Rightful King,'' it says early on that Gawaine is only four years younger than Arthur (which actually [[RevisitingTheRoots fits well with the early legends]]). However, a little later Merlinnus reminisces that Gawaine's mother/Arthur's [[UnknownRelative secret half-sister]], Morgause, was seven when her mother was pregnant with Arthur. Since the story never implies that Morgause gave birth at 11, this was probably a mistake.

* ''Series/DarkDesire'': Maite Perroni, who plays Alma, was born only fifteen years before Regina Pavón, who portrays Alma's daughter Zoe. Consequently, she looks more like her older sister. There's also no indication that Alma had Zoe [[TeenPregnancy as a teenager]].

* This is often the case for most of the parents in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', who are usually married and/or have children by the time they're in their very early 20s. One of the few exceptions would be Holly Kujo née Joestar, who had Jotaro at the reasonable age of 28. Her paternal grandmother, [[spoiler:Lisa Lisa]], had her son when she was around 32.

* In Myth/CelticMythology, specifically ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley,'' Cú Chulainn is said to be seventeen when he dies. He also mentions that his son Connla was seven when Cú Chulainn [[OffingTheOffspring killed him]]. For added weirdness, Connla was conceived when Cú Chulainn pulled a DubCon[=/=]BestHerToBedHer situation on the mother, Aífe, which ''definitely'' falls under TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Singing" Mrs. Jötunheim states that she [[YoungerThanTheyLook just turned 28]] and is the mother of Hector who is in middle school, which is around 11 or 12. This implies that Hector was conceived when she was 16 or 17.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Yusuke's mother is only 28, with Yusuke explicitly stating she gave birth to him when she was only 14.

* ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'': When Dr Kim examines Nana (then referred to as the mother cat), he remarks that she is barely two years old technically making her a teenager when she gave birth to her sons. Fortunately, when her kittens are old enough, Claire has her spayed so this won't happen again.

->''"I wouldn't say a word that could be reckoned as injurious,''
->''But to find a mother younger than her son is very curious."''

* In the Colleen [=McCullough=] novel ''The Touch'', heroine Elizabeth gives birth to her daughters Nell and Anna at 16 and 17, respectively. When Anna is raped and impregnated at 13, she becomes an example of this too and makes Elizabeth an absurdly youthful ''grandmother''.

** One episode shows a family tree of the Warren clan, which is a mess of continuity and logic errors. Among them is that Grams would have been 13 when Patty was born. Her age was later retconned to being twenty when Patty was born. Ironically their actresses Jennifer Rhodes and Finola Hughes are actually thirteen years apart in age - although this could be justified by Patty dying in the 70s while Penny only died right before the series began, so Jennifer Rhodes would be playing her across various years in the girls' life.
** A rare case with a father. The first actor cast in the role of Victor Bennett, Anthony Denison, got recast after only one episode precisely because he looked far too young. According to Holly Marie Combs, a note from the studio was that he looked more like a slightly older love interest than a father.

* In the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series, Ayla gives birth to her son, Durc, when she is ''eleven'' years old. It's worth noting that this is normal among the Clan, since they mature faster than the Others. However, since Ayla is one of the Others, having a baby at such a young age puts a considerable strain on her and she nearly suffers DeathByChildbirth. Jondalar later tells her that most women of the Others are at least in their early teens when they give birth for the first time, which is still considered too young by some people. [[note]]In the prehistoric setting, anyone who has reached puberty and been through a coming of age ceremony is considered an adult and therefore sexually available, [[ValuesDissonance even if they would still be a child by modern standards]].[[/note]]

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': It is never stated how old Syaoran's mother Yelan is, only that she looks very young and beautiful enough to stand out [[Creator/{{CLAMP}} in a universe]] ''populated'' by TheBeautifulElite. She is, however, ''thought'' to be somewhere in her mid-to-late 30s, and possibly married as a teenager. This is never confirmed because she is only seen in the first OVA.

** There's also the fact that some of Twilight's blood was used in the ritual to resurrect Nightmare Moon (due to her status as the Element of Magic), [[EpilepticTrees possibly making her]] a TrulySingleParent or some weird case of HasTwoMommies with Princess Luna.

* In the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series, Ayla gives birth to her son, Durc, when she is ''eleven'' years old. It's worth noting that this is normal among the Clan, since they mature faster than the Others. However, since Ayla is one of the Others, having a baby at such a young age puts a considerable strain on her and she nearly suffers DeathByChildbirth. Jondalar later tells her that most women of the Others are at least in their early teens when they give birth for the first time:
-->. . . and some think that's too young.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito and Asuna adopt the AI Yui as their daughter. At the time, Kirito and Asuna are 16 and 17, respectively. Yui, by virtue of being an AI, is like an 8-year-old despite in fact being 2.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Endeavor is 45 at the start of the series, and his second oldest child is 22. On it's own that's not particularly remarkable, but his others kids are three or four years apart (Shoto is 15 and Natsuo is 19), and his oldest child, Toya, would be at least 23, more likely 26-27 if the pattern is followed. This would make him a potential ''teen parent'', and has ramifications over perceptions of him, especially with the knowledge that [[spoiler:Toya was his original successor and All Might was likely starting out in America at the time.]]

* Justified in ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly Broly]]'' where Bulma intends to use the dragon balls to make herself five years younger and Goku guesses she's probably done this a few times before.

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* In the ''Series/OurMissBrooks'' episode "The Wrong Mrs. Boynton", Miss Brooks unwittingly offers to masquerade as Mr. Boynton's mother. This is in spite of the fact she is actually a couple of years younger than her LoveInterest. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* In the ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS6E04AndTheUnluckyWinnerIs And the Unlucky Winner Is...]]", Del wins a family holiday for the Trotters by entering a children's art contest with a picture painted by Rodney when he was 14. In order for them to be eligible to claim the prize, Rodney (who's in his early 20s) has to pose as a 14-year-old boy, with Del (who was 16-17 when Rodney was born) pretending to be his father. Del at least has the sense to claim Cassandra, about the same age as Rodney, as a stepmother.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' has the 33-year-old Jane Jetson being mother to the 15-year-old Judy Jetson. While it ''seems'' like a case of WritersCannotDoMath at first, the show was made in 1962 and at the time, it was common to marry at a young age, so Jane may very well have been intended to have been a teenage bride and mother.

* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'' gives us Carol's mother Ferris. An extra chapter shows Carol's father Eddie proposing to Ferris, who says she can't get married because she's 13; Eddie freaks out because he thought she was ''older'' than him due to her working as a waitress[[note]]At a restaurant owned by her family, so technically she was just helping out rather than being an employee[[/note]] and being [[BuxomIsBetter ridiculously overdeveloped for her age]]. And then after Ferris accepted the proposal, she mentioned "the little one inside me", triggering a HeroicBSOD in poor Eddie.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' episode “[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS6E13101Mutations 101 Mutations]]” is about puppy mills. Linka says that one of the dogs looks too young to be a mother. The sad fact is that puppy mill dogs are usually bred when they’re still puppies themselves.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kenny is actually the middle child in his family (despite him being resurrected all the time): he has an older brother named Kevin and a younger sister named Karen. While his dad Stuart looks around the same age as the other South Park dads (40s-50s), Carol looks like she’s in her 30s AT MOST. Kenny is now ten years old, so it’s likely that Kevin was a teen pregnancy.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' shows that Kearney has at least one kid. While we’re not sure exactly how old Kearney is, in one episode he says he’s both “a teenager and the parent of a teenager”. If this were true, he would have had to conceive his first child at six years old, since he would have to be 19 and his eldest kid 13 for this to make sense. Squick indeed.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' episode “101 Mutations” is about puppy mills. Linka says that one of the dogs looks too young to be a mother. The sad fact is that puppy mill dogs are usually bred when they’re still puppies themselves.