Sims 3 Things you didn't know!

"KATENESS;c-16443537" wrote:
One of my sims is super old. She's the wife from generation 2 in my legacy. Generation 6 was just born. And she doesn't recognize her as family. Gen 5 was her "Great-Granddaughter" but Gen 6 is just "friend". I get it because I'm sure it would be hard for the game to have so many generations. But at the same time it's kind of a bummer that they're not technically related when they should be.

If it's any consolation, there are other family relationships that the game does recognize (this might even be one of them, not sure) for which there happen to be no special icons on the relationship panel. Great Aunt/Uncle (Great Nephew/Niece) is one of them. More than a couple of simmers have happened across two sims with that relationship that, due to gaps in the kids being born in a prior generation, were around the same age. And not realizing it, tried to have them date or be romantic, but found it to be impossible because the relationship was still there.

The one I wish the game would recognize in some way but does not is First Cousin Once Removed.

In real life, many of us did or still know our great grandparents. One of mine was there to see me off to "Uni." In theory, she could have been a great great grandmother like your sim, had my life gone in that direction. I don't think she ever went marathon jogging though. I'm having a difficult time picturing that. ;)