29-yr-old becomes Britain's youngest grandfather

Updated on: 16 July,2011 07:01 AM IST |
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A dad has become Britain's youngest grand-father at the age of 29 after his daughter gave birth at 14.

A dad has become Britain's youngest grand-father at the age of 29 after his daughter gave birth at 14.
Shem Davies was also 14 when he became a father for the first time. Now, schoolgirl daughter Tia has had a baby girl a week before her 15th birthday.

Jobless Shemu00a0-- who split with Tia's mum Kelly three months after Tia was born - said he was "absolutely delighted" at the new arrival. Tiny Ava Grace is in an incubator after she was born ten weeks early. But the family said she is "doing remarkably well" at the special care baby unit where she is being cared for in South Wales.

Shem spoke of his shock when Tia told him she was pregnant by her 15-year-old boyfriend Jordan Williams.
The grandadu00a0-- who has a nine-month-old son with new girlfriend Robyn Thomas - said, "One minute Tia's a baby, the next she's pregnant. I could have yelled at her, but what's the point?"

He added, "I wasn't able to cope with it and I ran away." Shem and Kelly have both been supporting Tia as she watches over Ava Graceu00a0-- the sixth generation of the family alive. A family friend said, "It's really hard on Tia because all she wants to do is give her baby a cuddle, like any new mum. But she must stay inside the incubator."

Young at heart
At the age of eight years, Lina Medina holds the record of being the youngest mother in the world. Mum-Zi from Nigeria has the honour of becoming the world's youngest grandmother at 17 years.u00a0Alfie Patten became the world's youngest father at the age of 13.