Three Generations Born At Once

Patrick Sloan is 60 and nearing retirement. But earlier this year, in the span of three months, he became a dad, a grandad, and a ­great-grandad, after his wife, daughter, and granddaughter all gave birth to boys:

It was a huge surprise to discover I was going to be a dad again at my age.

But to find out that I was gaining another grandchild and my first great-grandchild at a similar time was unbelievable.

I was worried people would be disapproving that I was going to be a father at an