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Whether it is possible for a person to be biologically older than his or her parents.
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Yes, it is possible for a person to be biologically older than his or her parents.Time dilation makes this possible.
Suppose that a woman gives birth to a baby boy or girl and then she takes off on space voyage with her husband at a speed of 0.80c to a star 20 light −year away. As per time dilation, to the babywho stays behind, the pace of parents life is slower than his or her baby by a factor of
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