Born in 1996

Children of the First Web

Cohort

Children of the First Web

Range

1989 - 2001

Aliases

Millennial / Gen Y, regionally

1996 sits at the dial-up threshold: old enough to remember early web scarcity, young enough for platforms and smartphones to arrive before adulthood.

71 handovers to year 0

Grandparent

Born 1940

Children of Depression and Total War

Average interval 24 years 28 years 32 years View the whole chain

1940 entered a world shaped by depression and total war.

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Year 0 1996

Illustrative lineage model. Generation length varies by family, place, culture, and era.

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Era: Networked Planet