How old were you when you became a vegan or a vegetarian?

I'd say I was a vegetarian from birth because I refused to eat any meat. I'd always ask my parents if something had meat in it (like chicken or fish) and they told me no, so I ate it. I was officially a vegetarian since I was 5, when I learned more about what I was eating. I never had to watch PETA videos or see any pictures of slaughterhouses to realize it was once an animal. So I've been a vegetarian for almost 12 years now. Now I started reading labels more and cutting back on egg and dairy and stuff like that. Congrats on turning vegan.