Although one typically assumes they’ll become a grandparent later in life, some lucky few get the rare chance to be young grandmas and grandpas — celebrities included.
Stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey and Mick Jagger all became grandparents before the age of 55. In January 2026, former Bachelorette Emily Maynard learned she was officially a grandma at 39 after her oldest daughter, Ricki, gave birth to a baby at age 20.
Goldberg’s daughter, Alexandrea Martin Dean, was just 16 when she got pregnant. “It would not have been what I would have chosen for her, but at the same time, I thought,...
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