# How many kids do your Janices have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583 "2006-02-22T03:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/21 "2006-02-22T16:03:43Z")
My former MIL was named Janis, and had 5 living children, and one who had died at around age 2 or 3, IIRC. She wasn’t Catholic, but my former FIL had been raised Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/22 "2006-02-22T16:04:57Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > Sorry to hear of your sister’s passing **Sunspace**. Tragic. Thanks. It’s been 15 years and I still miss her intensely. Jan and I were on the same wavelength, almost like twins in some ways. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/23 "2006-02-22T16:13:57Z")
The first love of my life was a Janice. To this day she is unmarried and childless at 52. I don’t expect it to change. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/24 "2006-02-22T17:55:13Z")
My mom’s a Janice. Just me and my brother, as far as kids go. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/25 "2006-02-22T18:22:43Z")
I’ve only known one Janice and that was back in High School. If I’d had anything to do with it though she’d have had about thirty. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/26 "2006-02-22T18:30:51Z")
I have a cousin of my cousin named Janice, she has only a teenage girl. (Lutheran) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/27 "2006-02-22T18:49:48Z")
My mom’s a Janice, too, and she has two. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/28 "2006-02-22T20:24:35Z")
I’ve only known 2 Janises, and neither of them had kids at the time. Given the age of the second Janis at the time I knew her, I’d say she’s still childless. I haven’t seen the first Janis since college, though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/29 "2006-02-22T20:29:55Z")
One of my sisters is Janice - she has no kids, but her husband can be a big baby sometimes - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/30 "2006-02-22T20:35:29Z")
Had to go back about 35 years for a Janice. She was a neighbor and was pregnant with her first child when we met. Had a daughter and named her Aleasha. I always wondered if the spelling was purposeful, or if she didn’t know how to spell Alicia. One Janice - one child - but I’d guess she’s probably had some more. She was pretty young. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/31 "2006-02-22T23:59:13Z")
Anybody know a Janice with a mother/daughter/sister named Joanne? In or around Buffalo? ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583/32 "2006-02-23T00:31:34Z")
I know one Janice, and that was my teacher in preschool. She didn’t have any kids of her own (fertility problems, though they didn’t tell me that at the time), but she was the thirteenth child out of eighteen. And the fact that she took care of forty+ kids on a regular basis has to count too, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kids-do-your-janices-have/345583.md?page=1)