# What's Your Birth Ordinance? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089 "2008-09-18T02:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/21 "2008-09-18T05:53:27Z")
Oldest of two and the only girl. My parents actually had 4 children but my older brother and one of my younger brothers both died at birth. I don’t know how that factors into your survey but I thought I’d give you as much information as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Azhure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Azhure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azhure)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/22 "2008-09-18T06:33:21Z")
Youngest of two - one older brother. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/23 "2008-09-18T06:37:36Z")
Sixth son, but eighth child of nine. Seven boys, two girls born across 20 years to the same parents. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/24 "2008-09-18T07:06:07Z")
Oldest of three. I have a sister 2 years younger and a brother who is 8 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/25 "2008-09-18T07:09:57Z")
Middle child of three. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/26 "2008-09-18T07:15:52Z")
Oldest of four, and the only boy. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/27 "2008-09-18T11:48:56Z")
Oldest of five. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/28 "2008-09-18T11:51:36Z")
Eldest of 3 – two boys, then a daughter. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/29 "2008-09-18T11:55:25Z")
Youngest of three daughters…I was an unexpected pregnancy when abortions were still illegal in Australia. But as my mum still loves to assure me, “It’s the one you least want who ends up giving you the most joy in life”. Hah…I’m sure I’ve given her the most grief too, but in her dotage she’s luckily forgotten all of that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/30 "2008-09-18T12:03:28Z")
Essentially an only child; a brother born several years before me died of SIDS before my birth. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/31 "2008-09-18T12:17:01Z")
Youngest of 5, 4th girl. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/32 "2008-09-18T12:21:51Z")
4th of 5 biological siblings middle daughter 2 dems 2 repubs, 1 Ind 5 hetero’s all married, no divorce We all live in different states (0f mind) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/33 "2008-09-18T12:30:35Z")
I guess it depends on how you look at it for me. I grew up as the younger (by 2.5 years) brother of two. My parents had a baby boy that died at 6 days old 10 years before my older brother was born (my brother, therefore, is the Third, even theough Dad was the First). My parents divorced in the 70s; my dad remarried a much younger woman. (whoopeee!..cue the **Burt Bacharach** or **Carol King** music as the score to my pre-adolescent/post-divorce vandal phase, ala _A Clockwork Orange_) Then, when I was 21, they adopted a baby girl, so I have had a little sister since I was 21. In practical terms though, I was the baby of my nuclear family. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/34 "2008-09-18T12:36:55Z")
Oldest of 2; only son. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/35 "2008-09-18T12:37:05Z")
I first saw the thread title as “Birth Ordnance”, which I figured was like a birth stone, except with explosives. I wanted to be something cool and retro like a WWII tank shell. Anyway, I’m the youngest of four boys – the only marriage and only children of my parents. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/36 "2008-09-18T12:38:25Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I first saw the thread title as “Birth Ordnance”, which I figured was like a birth stone, except with explosives. I wanted to be something cool and retro like a WWII tank shell. > > Anyway, I’m the youngest of four boys – the only marriage and only children of my parents. I saw ordinance, and was tempted to say, “No spitting on the sidewalk.” ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/37 "2008-09-18T12:40:54Z")
Oldest of five, only girl. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/38 "2008-09-18T12:54:08Z")
Elder of two sons. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/39 "2008-09-18T13:02:18Z")
I am the youngest of four, second daughter. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/40 "2008-09-18T13:04:02Z")
Eldest of three, elder of the two who survived, though I’m only about 18 months older than my sister. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089.md?page=3)