YOU SAID:

if it takes 17 minutes to get to the store why has it taken my dad 17 years

INTO JAPANESE

それが店に着くために17分かかるならそれはなぜそれが私の父に17年かかったのか

BACK INTO ENGLISH

If it takes 17 minutes to get to the store why it took my father 17 years

INTO JAPANESE

なぜ私の父は17年かかったのでしょう。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Why did my father take 17 years?

INTO JAPANESE

なぜ私の父は17年かかったのですか？