Man I fought hard for Pokemon. I remember being eight years old and watching the anime and my mom complaining about it, saying it would probably turn out the pokemon were demons and Ash was Satan. >_>
Then I got her to actually watch it...
She's 50, and collects the cards and action figures. I used to give her all my doubles and she has like three binders full now. Whenever I watch old videos of Pokemon(I have like all the first season and Johto Journeys on VHS, lmao..) she will come in and watch it with me. She thinks its the greatest.
My eighty-something year old grandma adores Jigglypuff and Squirtle. She thinks they're so freaking cute. She even asked me for a Piplup card so she could send it to one of her church friends.
I remember trading my sis(30 years old) a Lita card for a Brock trainer card -- she has a binder full of Pokemon and WWE cards.
I've seen my little brother, neice, and nephew through their own generation of Pokemon love.
All in all, my family is pretty Poke-oriented.