# Siblings In Your Family **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431 "2012-07-06T17:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/21 "2012-07-06T19:59:35Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Then my mom decided she needed to give it one more try for a boy, so 8 years after my sister, we ended up with a brother. My parents tried that too, at 40 years old with four daughters they gave it one more go for a son. They got twin girls. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/22 "2012-07-06T20:42:03Z")
Two boys and one girl; I’m in the middle with my brother being 2 years older and my sister 5 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/23 "2012-07-06T21:16:37Z")
I’m number 5 of 6! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/24 "2012-07-06T21:26:11Z")
Only child here. And since my mother and father stayed married to each other until his death at 82, no step-siblings. No children of my own either, although my husband insists I have step-children and step-grandchildren. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/25 "2012-07-06T21:27:30Z")
older sister, older brother, me, younger brother, younger sister ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/26 "2012-07-06T21:34:57Z")
I’m (male) the oldest, followed by a sister, then two brothers. All born between 1959 and '65, so our collective memories pretty much all feature us as “the four kids”. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/27 "2012-07-06T21:45:25Z")
I’m the oldest of three boys. Since my parents divorced I have collected three step-brothers, a step-sister, three ex-step-brothers, and two ex-step-sisters. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/28 "2012-07-06T22:01:00Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Three boys and three girls in my family. The Brady Bunch ideal. Same here. Did yours alternate, too? I’m the Cindy! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/29 "2012-07-06T22:28:52Z")
I was an only child till I was 18. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/30 "2012-07-06T22:35:18Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Same here. Did yours alternate, too? > > I’m the Cindy! Was the middle sister jealous of the oldest sister? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/31 "2012-07-06T22:37:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Was the middle sister jealous of the oldest sister? 😃 Yes! And the oldest sister’s name is M \_ \_ \_ \_ A, too, just not quite the same name. EERIE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/32 "2012-07-06T22:43:12Z")
It was all about,“Martha, Martha, Martha!” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/33 "2012-07-06T22:53:37Z")
I’m the youngest of six – boy, girl, boy, girl, girl, girl. The span between my oldest brother and me was 20 years, which often gave me pause to think that, when you throw three miscarriages in there, Mom spent a pretty good chunk of that 20 years being pregnant. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![the\_apples\_fell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/34 "2012-07-06T22:57:20Z")
Myself and my one brother. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/35 "2012-07-06T23:07:07Z")
One brother, 20 months older than myself. I understand my mother had a miscarriage some time later, but I stayed the baby. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/36 "2012-07-06T23:12:43Z")
Four boys and a girl. Two older brothers, me in the middle, and a younger brother and sister who are twins. Or should I say were twims since my younger brother has been dead ten years. Anywho, I’m the middle, left handed _and_ gay. There’s gotta be a joke in there somewhere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/37 "2012-07-06T23:56:31Z")
My family tree is more of a bush, my parents were both married before. From my mom’s first marriage, I have a half-sister. She has a half-sister from HER dad’s second marriage. From my dad’s first marriage, I have another half-sister and a half-brother. They have a half-sister from their mom’s second marriage. Then I have a full brother and sister. I’ve always considered my half-siblings to be full though. Oh, and then there were two cousins who lived with us off and on for a while there, I believe, or maybe with my grandmother. I’m the baby of all of this mess. That’s four girls and two boys, not counting the cousins or the half-sisters on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/38 "2012-07-07T00:11:23Z")
Living - 4 girls , 1 boy, plus a second set of twin girls who died shortly after birth. StG ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/39 "2012-07-07T04:03:40Z")
Only ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/40 "2012-07-07T04:12:20Z")
Girl (me) then a boy six years younger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431.md?page=3)