# Birth Order thread/poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 4, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500 "2011-10-04T00:51:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500/61 "2011-10-06T02:40:28Z")

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I am 17 and 19 years younger than my siblings (I was a 20th anniversary ‘surprise’). So technically I am the youngest, which is how I answered the poll, but for all intents and purposes I was an only child.

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500/62 "2011-10-06T04:06:19Z")

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> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#):
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> I am 17 and 19 years younger than my siblings (I was a 20th anniversary ‘surprise’).

Ahem. As someone who is 14 years younger than her oldest sibling, I feel I must inform you that the correct term is “bonus baby.”

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500/63 "2011-10-06T11:31:35Z")

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I’m the 3rd of 4, but I was also the youngest for almost 8 years before younger sibling came along. So I have some definite middle child traits, but also some things that would be more typical of the baby in the family.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500/64 "2011-10-06T12:00:37Z")

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Younger of two.

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