# Help me with the two-kids probability problem

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-two-kids-probability-problem/981895 "2023-03-30T19:03:28Z")\
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> [@Biotop](#):
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> My favorite version is that the new neighbor has two kids, and randomly you find out one is a boy born on a Thursday. What are the odds the other is a boy?

[We did a whole thread on that one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-thursdays-child/933045). You can also go by months, or a specific day of the year and get similar results.

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