# How many siblings do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243 "2010-02-09T05:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/21 "2010-02-09T11:45:17Z")
Three. A younger sister, an older brother, and an older sister. Ranging within a six year radius. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/22 "2010-02-09T12:21:15Z")
I mean “range” not “radius”. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/23 "2010-02-09T13:10:44Z")
I’m the youngest of 3. My folks kept having kids until they got it right. 🙂 I have two siblings. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/24 "2010-02-09T13:35:46Z")
Two half-brothers and one half-sister, all from my dad’s first marriage. They range from 26.5 to 30.5 years older than me. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/25 "2010-02-09T13:36:10Z")
One older sister. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/26 "2010-02-09T14:36:29Z")
There are six of us all together. All daughters. The youngest–mom and dad’s final attempt at a son–are twin girls. Oops ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/27 "2010-02-09T14:54:03Z")
3 big brothers ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/28 "2010-02-09T15:12:49Z")
I have two sisters (I am female), 5 and 7 years younger than me. Same parents. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/29 "2010-02-09T15:17:26Z")
Apparently, I have two. One is my half sister who is 11 years younger than I am. We grew up in the same house. The other is a sister who I never met that my Mom gave up for adoption. I can’t recall if she’s older or younger. I only learned this in the past year. Family secrets suck. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/30 "2010-02-09T15:19:07Z")
I have 6: 3 older brothers, one adopted younger sister who has passed, and 2 younger step-brothers that the 3 older brothers refuse to acknowledge. The interesting thing is that on the one hand i’m the ‘baby’ of the family. One the other hand, i’m the ‘big sister.’ It’s kind of neat. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/31 "2010-02-09T15:57:49Z")
One younger brother. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/32 "2010-02-09T16:02:32Z")
3 sisters. One older, two younger. (And they’re all pretty fucking awesome. Very close we are. [I am a dude]) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/33 "2010-02-09T16:08:39Z")
Two older sisters and three older brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/34 "2010-02-09T16:26:18Z")
Brother, 10 years older; half-sister, 16 years younger. Also 3 stepbrothers and 1 stepsister but they were already adults when I met them so I don’t count 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/35 "2010-02-09T16:34:09Z")
Two brothers; one 2 years older, the other three years younger. I was the spoiled only girl-child… ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/36 "2010-02-09T16:49:38Z")
One brother who’s two years older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/37 "2010-02-09T16:52:45Z")
One brother, 3 years younger than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/38 "2010-02-09T17:15:48Z")
4, 3 brothers and one sister, all older with the oldest being 12 years older. I am almost half a century old and I will always be the baby. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/39 "2010-02-09T17:31:56Z")
There should be an option for “It’s Complicated.” From my mother and father’s union with each other, I am an only child. Mom remarried; stepdad had two kids from previous marriage. They also had a baby boy. So that means that on my mom’s side I have a half and two steps. Dad remarried; he and his wife had a baby girl. Dad remarried again; his third wife had two kids from a previous marriage. So that means that on my dad’s side I have a half and two steps. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243/40 "2010-02-09T17:38:58Z")
Either none or two. I was an only child, but acquired two step-brothers ( one my age, one two years older ) fairly early, though we didn’t actually live in the same house until I had hit eighth grade. But since their kids call me “uncle”, I guess they qualify ;). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-siblings-do-you-have/528243.md?page=3)