These two post brought back a lot of memories for me today. There was 8 of us, 4 girls and 4 boys. Both my parents were born in the 30's in a holler in SE Kentucky. My Mama went from coal mining camp to coal mining camp, married young and realized she didn't want that life for her babies, that's how come we ended up here in Ohio. We always had a big garden and Mama canned all we ate. We had apple trees, grape vines, currents and we all worked together in a chaotic harmony to put up our food for the year. I remember singing songs in the backyard as all us kids broke beans lol. I have to be honest and say I start to cry when I look back because it was a special time. Mama made sure we had what we needed, cooked, cleaned and loved while working a full time factory job. She used to say her Gma Ada was her Angel on earth, she was ours. Come the 21st, she'll have been gone two years. We lost one sister, Kimmy ( boy she was amazing) almost five years ago but the rest of our band is doing ok. I love all my siblings and my Sisters are my Angels on earth, I'd be lost without them. WVCritter said that having siblings was one of the greatest gifts his folks gave him, I would agree because they are so special to me. The other, and perhaps the greatest gift, even though I'm a current heathen, is my Mama's faith that by example greatly influenced my life. Thanks to the OP for this thread, it's a good'un!

1 older sister one younger. Dad had 5 brothers and a sister that had passed at 5 years. Mom had 4 brothers and sisters.

I had a half sister and a half brother, 31 and 32 years older than myself. They have both passed. So for all intents and purposes I'm an only child. My wife is the oldest of nine. I freely admit I married the best of the litter.

An older brother and younger sister.

A little off subject....Of my four grandparents, they came from families of 18, 12, 12 and 10 children. I had a lot of Great Aunts and Uncles!

I have 1 older sister.

My mom has 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

My dad has, Get ready for this one, 9 full brothers and sisters, 18 half brothers, 16 half sisters. My grandfather was a busy bee back in the day. Of those 44 kids there are 157 grandkids, 92 great grandkids, 32 great great grandkids all born before he died in 1999 at the age of 100. Of my all those full and half siblings my dad and his 1 full sister were the only ones to make it past 7th grade, let alone graduate from high school.

My dads youngest half sibling is 2 years my junior. I'm 50. Yes that means he was still producing kids at the age of 72.

My great grandfather on my Fathers side died at 89 years old At the time he had 181 direct descendants that where living

Three sisters and two brothers. Big families are great.

holy cow

I have an older half sister from my male parents first marriage. Haven’t seen hide nor hair of her in about 20 or so years
Haven’t seen or heard from him in about the same.

Haven’t talked to the woman who gave birth to me in about three years. When my son was born with some health problems she just disappeared and didn’t call or take phone calls.

I have two brothers, one older and one younger. I talk to the older brother usually a few times a year and my younger one probably once every other year.

I am 1 of 2
I have 3 kids
my wife is 1 of 1
my mother 1 of 8 , her mother 1 of 12 her dad 1 of 4
my dad 3 of 4 his mother 1 of 3 and his dad 2 of 2


when you start having 8 and 12 in a family you get a Lot of cousins


I am very blessed that I see my brother and his family for things regularly as well as my parents . I see a lot of my cousins , uncles , aunts and 2 grandmothers a few times a year. both my grandfathers have passed on.

I was an only child raised by a single mom until she adopted 1 boy and 3 girls that we had been fostering for 2 years. I was 16 at the time of adoption.

one older sister, one younger sister and three younger brothers.

Bryce

Had 4 sisters and a brother, I'm the youngest. Only 2 sisters and me left.

Youngest of 9. 4 older brothers, 4 older sisters. We are Lutheran not catholic, we all have the same biological parents

It doesn't matter. I disowned them all.

I’m # 3 of 4, my husband has 2 half siblings and 9 adopted. Lol.
We have 4.

My mom will be 80 in September. She has been in a nursing home for 5 or 6 years with altzeimers(sp). Really sad what this disease does to a person. Right now she is as healthy as a horse physically. She knows us kids, but not all of her grandkids. She is an amazing and incredibly strong woman. Her parents lived to be 94 and 97, but I don't think she will make it that long.

That's just ridiculous. How many mothers are there????