The youngest digital innigrant I know is my friend Phil who is 21. He does not like computers at all and does not use a camera or invest in an up to date phone. As he doesn't use a computer he does not have an account on Facebook and doesn't have an email account. Instead he prefers contacting people by phone if he wants to talk to them and uses books and encyclopedias to find out answers to questions instead of using search engines like google. He also doesn't trust alot of websites on the internet and so uses more reliable resources like books and articles to use in his essays.
As he is only 21 he should be a digital native in terms of Prensky's theory. However I feel that it is sometimes seen as an assumption that people born in the new age of media will fully use and understand and rely on it. However this example and many other people have proven that this is not the case and although you are more likely to use technology but it does not mean that everyone born then is fluent in the language of new media.
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I agree with what you are mentioning about assumptions made towards our age group. Not everyone who falls into the age group of a digital native is any more aware or "in the know" than people who are older. Just because they are a certain age doesnt mean they have to be put in a particular assumed category xx
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