# How many biological children do you have or you think you'll have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126 "2013-08-02T02:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/1 "2013-08-02T02:31:09Z")
The maximum number that you think you will have biologically. Only biological not adopted. In case of IVT, please take for men, donor-sperm as non-biological and for women, donor-egg as non-biological. If you are a professional sperm-donor, then do not count children born through sperm-donation. Anonymous poll. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/2 "2013-08-02T03:50:17Z")
Didn’t we already do this? ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/3 "2013-08-02T04:24:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Didn’t we already do this? That poll had option “0” originally. But apparently it automatically gets taken out (but “zero” is fine). So votes initially cast for “0” were getting reflected in “1” , votes cast for “1” were reflected in “2”. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please re-vote here, Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/4 "2013-08-02T04:24:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Didn’t we already do this? [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=698205); also by **truthSeeker2**. This was apparently meant as a replacement for that thread where the OP didn’t make the poll anonymous; but a moderator ( **Gukumatz** ) went and changed the poll in the other thread to anonymous so this thread is redundant. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/5 "2013-08-02T04:32:36Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=698205); also by **truthSeeker2**. This was apparently meant as a replacement for that thread where the OP didn’t make the poll anonymous; but a moderator ( **Gukumatz** ) went and changed the poll in the other thread to anonymous so this thread is redundant. No no. That poll is redundant because it originally had option “0” which went away and all votes cast for “0” (around 20 votes) were reflecting in option “1” , and similarly all votes cast for “1” were reflecting in “2” and so on.😃 Anonymous thing was indeed resolved by the mod but that’s not the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/6 "2013-08-02T04:54:08Z")
Since this is a redone poll, I’ll repost what I said in the other thread: I answered 0 (zero). I’m male, 47, and to the best of my knowledge I’ve never knocked anybody up. Given that I’ve been celibate for the last 18 years, and nobody has come after me for child support or even named me as the father of their child, I’m pretty confident with that 0. I did question that once. A few years ago I had a young woman coworker who was 18 or 19 years old, and she bore an uncanny resemblance to a woman I had sex with once or twice way back when I was 22. This coworker was just the right age to be the child of that union. And on top of that, conversation revealed that she never knew her father. I was a little bit nervous until I asked her mom’s name, and it wasn’t the same name and her mom’s age was all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/7 "2013-08-02T06:15:23Z")
Zero, but I would say quite unfortunately. I’m getting older and no closer to having a chance at having biological children, and I don’t expect that will change quickly enough to beat the biological time bomb - er, clock. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/8 "2013-08-02T06:51:33Z")
Two, because I have two already and I also know a talented urologist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/9 "2013-08-02T06:55:03Z")
None known, and I haven’t been served with process on any possible offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/10 "2013-08-02T08:45:20Z")
22 voters so far. 11 are for zero, so, 50%. I’m a three, one of two who have three kids, so we’re currently at 9.09%. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/11 "2013-08-02T09:33:59Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/12 "2013-08-02T09:36:55Z")
I have two. I would like another, and I’ve still got eggs left, but during my last pregnancy my body was screaming NO in the form of hyperemesis. I’m listening to it, and have stopped at two. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/13 "2013-08-02T09:46:48Z")
Zero. I am child-free by choice, and loving it. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/14 "2013-08-02T09:52:12Z")
We don’t have any yet, but we’re planning on having some at some point. Wavering between having one or having two. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/15 "2013-08-02T10:13:49Z")
Just one and won’t have any more. It took us 3 years of cohabitation before getting into the family way. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/16 "2013-08-02T10:36:52Z")
I’ve always wanted a big family - my daydreams have 4 kids in them - but after two years of trying, I may have to accept that it’s not going to happen for us. So my answer is currently zero, and I’m not in a position where I can say oh, I’ll eventually have 2, because I just don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/17 "2013-08-02T14:15:27Z")
As I stated in the other thread, zero for me. My wife and I simply never got around to it. Other things seemed to be higher priorities for us at the time, eg, increasing our academic achievements, buying houses, cars, a boat, etc… We woke up one day and were in our forties. We realized then that, for us, the baby-making ship had sailed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/18 "2013-08-02T14:18:21Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > Zero. I am child-free by choice, and loving it. Saved me the typing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/19 "2013-08-02T14:18:27Z")
I have four, all grown, all married, all with their own kids. Far as I know, there are no illegitimate children out there. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126/20 "2013-08-02T15:32:55Z")
None and done. Mrs. Homie and I can’t have kids. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665126.md?page=2)