# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/41 "2008-09-18T13:06:45Z")
Second son, second of five overall. Boy, boy, boy, girl, girl. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/42 "2008-09-18T13:09:40Z")
Only child (Son). No step siblings. I saw ordinance and wondered what it meant in this respect. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/43 "2008-09-18T13:10:11Z")
Youngest of seven, although one of the sets of twins died at birth, so there were effectively five of us. We were all born within 6 years. I am the youngest of four sisters. StG ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/44 "2008-09-18T13:29:23Z")
Only child, technically…but I was adopted, and my real mom does have two sons. Which makes me the eldest of three. Weird to think of it like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/45 "2008-09-18T13:33:17Z")
Second of two daughters. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/46 "2008-09-18T13:35:05Z")
Oldest of four boys (7 yrs total age gap). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/47 "2008-09-18T13:48:56Z")
Youngest son of 4 children (although one died at 6 months.) One girl. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/48 "2008-09-18T13:50:01Z")
I’m the youngest of six. 4 boys/2 girls ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/49 "2008-09-18T13:53:43Z")
Oldest of three - my brother is 2 years younger and my sister is 10 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/50 "2008-09-18T13:59:21Z")
Middle child of three. Only girl. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/51 "2008-09-18T14:05:32Z")
Oldest of two, only child of my father, oldest daughter of my mother. I identified as an only child for 11 years before my sister was born. I don’t think of her as a “half” sister, but I do have strong feelings about being my father’s only child, especially as he ages. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/52 "2008-09-18T14:28:01Z")
Younger of two biologically belonging to my father and mother (my brother is four years older than me). My step-father has no biological children, though he helped raise us since I was 4. My father eventually remarried a long time family friend, so I have two younger step-sisters (18 months and 4 years younger) that I’ve actually known all their lives. I think that the elder, Nashara, was about 12 when they married. I’ve never actually lived in the same house with them, though, and haven’t seen much of them in the last decade. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/53 "2008-09-18T15:29:18Z")
Oldest of 3. Is this being tallied? ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/54 "2008-09-18T16:11:18Z")
There’s older brother, female ME, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!, and younger sis. After my mom died and our dad remarried, he had a son with his second wife, but I was pretty much out of the house by then. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/55 "2008-09-18T16:24:15Z")
I am my mother’s fourth child, but her first daughter. I am my father’s fifth child, and his fourth daughter. I come in seventh overall (his/hers/theirs), out of ten siblings. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/56 "2008-09-18T16:37:19Z")
Oldest of 2.5 (I have a much younger half-brother and a younger sister). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/57 "2008-09-18T16:39:31Z")
Eldest of seven children, the two youngest female. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/58 "2008-09-18T16:44:06Z")
Only child here. Youngest grandchild by three years, and middle grandchild with a 6 year gap on either side. I was a bit of a lonely kid. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/59 "2008-09-18T16:49:52Z")
Father’s second child, mother’s second child, raised as oldest in separate adoptive household. Many half-siblings. ---
**Author:** ![pianista](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@pianista](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianista)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089/60 "2008-09-18T17:17:00Z")
I’m #4. Boy, girl, boy, girl. When I was born, my sibs were 17, 13 & 11…imagine how thrilled my parents must have been! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-birth-ordinance/464089.md?page=4)