THIS Christmas will be expensive for one family as relatives now have to buy gifts for five generations of loved ones.

Pearl Streek, 89, of Fletching Road, Charlton, saw her family add another generation when her great-great-granddaughter was born last month.

Little Jessica Pearl Mills was born on November 17 at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, and weighed-in at nearly seven pounds.

She is settling in with her mother, 17-year-old Tania Mills, at the family home in Bedonwell Road, Bexleyheath.

There she will live with her uncles Jack, 12, and Christopher, 11, and grandparents Gary and Julie, both 38.

Whether she is aware how lucky she is to have a great-great grandmother is unclear, but there can be no doubt the rest of the family are over the moon.

Great-grandmother, Pearl Bojczuk, who is a mere 71, of Lewisham Road, Lewisham, is ecstatic: "It's like having my first grandchild and my first child all over again. My husband died and didn't see any of his grandchildren so this is a big thrill for me.

"My mother is absolutely thrilled to bits. We took the baby to see her the other day and she nursed her."

The whole family will be spending Christmas Day together. All five generations will be going out for dinner and spending the rest of the day at home.

December 21, 2001 16:00