Re: How many siblings?
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Middle child here two older brothers one younger brother and little sister is baby. Us boys still call her little sister even though she in now in her 50s..
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Re: How many siblings?
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03/07/20 09:55 AM
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Well I am the baby of the family, I had 2 brothers and 3 sisters.
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Re: How many siblings?
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03/07/20 10:17 AM
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I was the ut-oh in my family, 13 years after 2 older brothers and one sister. Only 2 of us left now, the oldest brother just turned 90 and me. Mom and Dad were both in their early 40s when I came along.
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Re: How many siblings?
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When growing up in 1961 just outside of the city. There was 3 families with a large number of children.
Across the road there were 5. Down 2 houses 8. Next house they had 10. On the backside of our house, 4.
We were only a small family of 3. So year round fun and games. Plus a large woods to play in.
Lots of Cowboy and Indian games in about 3-400 acres of woods. Even at night.
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: How many siblings?
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My mother gave birth to 15 healthy babies, 7 boys and 8 girls. She was 21 when she had her first and 44 when she had her last. I was the 12th born and actually have a brother that was born the same year,1953, me in January and him in December. I've lost 3 older sisters and 1 younger brother. Mother and Daddy lived to be in their late 80's and were married 67 years when my mother passed. My 2 oldest siblings are 84 and 82 and are starting to slow down a bit. I look back and think of how people thought we were poor but in reality, we were rich beyond our means. I feel so blessed to have so many brothers and sisters and realize that it was one of the greatest gifts our parents could have given us.
I married a moonshiner's daughter and I love her still!
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Re: How many siblings?
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03/07/20 11:16 AM
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I have an older brother and a younger brother and sister.
Let's go Brandon!
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Re: How many siblings?
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Took six tries for my parents to get it right. I was born the morning after my oldest brother graduated form high school. Another four between us. (Both of my parents were 46 when I was born).
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: How many siblings?
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My mother gave birth to 15 healthy babies, 7 boys and 8 girls. She was 21 when she had her first and 44 when she had her last. I was the 12th born and actually have a brother that was born the same year,1953, me in January and him in December. I've lost 3 older sisters and 1 younger brother. Mother and Daddy lived to be in their late 80's and were married 67 years when my mother passed. My 2 oldest siblings are 84 and 82 and are starting to slow down a bit. I look back and think of how people thought we were poor but in reality, we were rich beyond our means. I feel so blessed to have so many brothers and sisters and realize that it was one of the greatest gifts our parents could have given us. I could not agree more We always had food to eat; clothes to wear and a roof over our head that did not leak. Living on a farm means we had chickens for eggs and meat , beef, pork lots of home grown vegetables In the summer time we would have ice cream or watermelon almost every Sunday afternoon As brothers and sisters we did not always get along ,but it was not in anyone"s best interest to start a fight with any of us .If you did you started a fight with all of us .We indeed did not have much money ' but that was only way we might have been considered poor .I would not trade it for a mansion on a hill and and a boat load of stuff that really was not all that important to start with .Our Mother was a city girl that went to being a hard working country Mother, that devoted her life to making sure her family had all they needed to get through life
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Re: How many siblings?
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My mother gave birth to 15 healthy babies, 7 boys and 8 girls. She was 21 when she had her first and 44 when she had her last. I was the 12th born and actually have a brother that was born the same year,1953, me in January and him in December. I've lost 3 older sisters and 1 younger brother. Mother and Daddy lived to be in their late 80's and were married 67 years when my mother passed. My 2 oldest siblings are 84 and 82 and are starting to slow down a bit. I look back and think of how people thought we were poor but in reality, we were rich beyond our means. I feel so blessed to have so many brothers and sisters and realize that it was one of the greatest gifts our parents could have given us. I could not agree more We always had food to eat; clothes to wear and a roof over our head that did not leak. Living on a farm means we had chickens for eggs and meat , beef, pork lots of home grown vegetables In the summer time we would have ice cream or watermelon almost every Sunday afternoon As brothers and sisters we did not always get along ,but it was not in anyone"s best interest to start a fight with any of us .If you did you started a fight with all of us .We indeed did not have much money ' but that was only way we might have been considered poor .I would not trade it for a mansion on a hill and and a boat load of stuff that really was not all that important to start with .Our Mother was a city girl that went to being a hard working country Mother, that devoted her life to making sure her family had all they needed to get through life Absolutely!!! I learned how to milk a cow, slop the hogs and feed chickens at an early age as well as all my brothers and sisters. We all learned how to plant crops and work in a garden. My mother canned half runner beans in 1/2 gallon jars in a wash tub over a wood fire in the front yard. The same tub was used for a rinse tub on wash days and it was the only bathtub I knew until I was 9 or 10......lol We butchered our hogs on Thanksgiving day for as far back as I can remember and processed it ourselves. We were taught everything we needed to know to be successful in life and I must say we all did well for ourselves. I thank God every day for my family, for the simple life we lived and for parents that taught us to love and respect them as well as others.
I married a moonshiner's daughter and I love her still!
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