has had vs. had

[azz]

1) She had two children who became dropouts, and three other children who graduated from college.
2) She has had two children who became dropouts, and three other children who graduated from college.

Which of the above is grammatically correct?

Many thanks.

[Shelley]

They both seem ok to me, azz.

[Rufus Miles]

the use of the past/preterit or the present perfect in the first verb surely changes everything. In the second example the event is linked to the present, so "she" could still have more children (or indeed "have still more children" - not the same meaning either). However one could argue that if this were indeed the speaker's intention, then he/she ought to have used "have become"...

[Erik_Kowal]

However one could argue that if this were indeed the speaker's intention, then he/she ought to have used "have become"...

True for British English, but I think this kind of tense mixing is largely acceptable in most flavours of US English.

[Rufus Miles]

good point. They don't use present perfect in many places we do