# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/41 "2012-07-07T13:00:11Z")
Four girls, one boy (not including the sister who died in infancy), of whom I am the firstborn. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/42 "2012-07-07T15:28:40Z")
I’m number four of ELEVEN. Eight boys, three girls. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/43 "2012-07-07T17:46:40Z")
Only child. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/44 "2012-07-07T18:04:37Z")
4 girls, I’m the 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/45 "2012-07-07T18:11:17Z")
That I know of: Three sisters (two surviving into adulthood), four half brothers, one half sister, two step sisters, three step brothers. Potentially more, but don’t know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/46 "2012-07-07T23:38:52Z")
I have one brother who’s two years older than I am, and that’s who I grew up with, so I answered “One boy, one girl”. My dad had another boy and girl with his second wife, and they’re 10 and 13 years younger than me, respectively. We knew them growing up, and we visited for a couple of weeks every summer and sent (and received) presents on birthdays and Christmas, but we weren’t what you could call close. I have cousins I know better than my half-siblings. When I was 30, I found out that I have another half-sister, this one nine years younger than I am, and I met her shortly afterwards, but you can’t really say I grew up with her. So, when it comes to actual siblings I could fight with (as per [the other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573444)), I have one. If I were to draw up a family tree, barring any more surprises, I have one brother, one half-brother, and two half-sisters. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/47 "2012-07-08T00:57:39Z")
Two boys, four girls, six total. I’m #2, and the oldest girl. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/48 "2012-07-08T02:48:02Z")
I grew up with one older sister, so I voted “Two girls.” However. My father was married twice before my mom, and had a son who was raised by his mother (thus, one older half-brother). My mother and father had two daughters (my sister and I, raised together by our father). After their divorce my mother remarried and had two children (one younger half-brother, one younger half-sister), and my father remarried a woman with a daughter (one older step-sister, didn’t live with us). Modern families can be complicated, is what I’ve learned. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/49 "2012-07-08T07:08:00Z")
Four boys, one girl. I am the eldest and am a son. The sister is #2 in birth order. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/50 "2012-07-08T07:53:56Z")
I’m the oldest, and a boy. I have a sister who’s four years younger than me and a brother who’s almost 14 years younger then me (and a bit of a surprise when he came along). No half-siblings, step-siblings or the like, unless my parents have been keeping some major secrets from us. ---
**Author:** ![Bannedit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Bannedit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bannedit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/51 "2012-07-08T10:36:05Z")
I’m the youngest of 9… b, g, b, g, b, g, b, b, b. No, we are not Catholic or Mormon. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/52 "2012-07-08T20:25:41Z")
2 boys, 2 girls ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/53 "2012-07-08T20:35:22Z")
There were 3 step-brothers, 2 step-sisters, one half-sister, and myself. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/54 "2012-07-08T21:17:35Z")
Seems you didn’t plan for enough siblings , since the answer “more” is the most common one. In my case : 5 boys. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/55 "2012-07-09T22:41:18Z")
6: G, B, B, B, B, G. Plus a stillborn G at the #3 position, so most of my family counts a total of 7 kids. ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/56 "2012-07-10T17:56:39Z")
Three boys and two girls all about two years apart: boy - girl - boy - girl - boy. (I never noticed but “boy” is one of the words that looks & sounds weird after repitition). Anyways I was the middle boy with all the middle child angst. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/57 "2012-07-10T20:26:42Z")
6 boys and 4 girls ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/58 "2012-07-10T20:33:46Z")
5 boys and one girl. BBBGBB, with 11 years between the oldest (me) and the youngest. ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/59 "2012-07-12T02:24:02Z")
3 sisters and me when I was growing up until age 13, then a brother arrived. I answered for my early growing, as my sisters and I are within 5 years of each other and my brother seemed like an outsider to start with. Now I’m in mid 50’s, the age difference is really minor. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431/60 "2012-07-12T04:13:06Z")
3 of each, but with 3 different fathers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-in-your-family/627431.md?page=4)