What's Your Birth Ordinance?

In My Humble Opinion
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I always have trouble with this question, too. If we’re going by pure chronological order, then I’m the middle child – sandwiched between an older sister and a younger brother. Because of my sister’s autism, however, I’m effectively the oldest. Which means my brother gets “promoted” to middle child. Except on days when I’m really tired or cranky, on which he offers to be the eldest sibling for a day. Then, of course, there are the days when my sister tries to reassert her status as the oldest child …

This question gets very complicated for some of us.

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I am my father’s 3rd child of 4 and my mother’s 1st of 2.
I did not grow up with my half-siblings and have always thought of myself as the oldest (by 4 years). I have 1 half-brother, 1 half-sister and one brother. I am female.

83

boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, me

I’m Cindy Brady.

84

Eldest of four, all girls.

85

Eldest of two daughters – by a whopping 21 months. I don’t remember life without my sister.

(Oddly, she says the same thing… !)

86

I’m the only child of my parents; my father was my mother’s second husband. Her first husband gave her a son and then a daughter. My father adopted them after marrying my mother but before I was born, so while they are biologically my half-siblings, legally they have always been my brother and sister.

Both my parents were middles out of three children; my father had brothers on either side, my mother an older sister and a younger brother.

87

Oldest of three daughters by three and four years respectively, no half brothers or sisters.

88

Only child here. We seem to be in the minority.

89

Oldest girl of three girls, no brothers. Same parents, who BTW just celebrated their 56th wedding anninversary not long ago.

90

Youngest of three girls. At least, that’s the situation I grew up in.
Technically, my favorite sister is my oldest half-sister, but we didn’t grow up together so I don’t count her in situations like this. After we were all grown, we found out the “oldest” of the family I grew up in wasn’t Dads, although Mom and Dad have their own (not at all believable) story that she is. So it’s half, half and the middle child and I share the same Mom and Dad.

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Youngest of three - same parents, etc - all of us born within three years of each other. My poor mother when we were all little - but then we had each other to play with and we were all grown up about the same time, so it worked out well in many ways.

Now, my kids (I have three, all the same father)- whole other story. Since it’s not relevant to the question being asked, I won’t go into detail, but just to say that one of my daughters has effectively held the position of youngest, middle and oldest in her 15 years. She’s going to be one of those who has to answer, “Well, it’s complicated…”

92

Oldest of two – eight years older than my brother, same parents – and the first and only daughter of both.

93

Younger of 2 boys.

94

I’m the youngest out of 2.

95

The youngest of four and the only boy

96

Oldest of three girls.

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Oldest of two by a large margin. Practically an only child until I was a teenager. Only girl.

98

…working on it…
(Yes, I’m avoiding my Algebra homework. Shut up.)

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Okay, here’s what we have so far. If I’ve made a mistake, let me know and I’ll fix it. Some of these took a little inference and guesswork, so I apologize if I screwed up your world view. I’m also typing it, so if I make a typo in your username, I apologize.

Only Children - 5

  1. Stucco
  2. Tamerlane
  3. Student Driver
  4. Walker in Eternity
  5. Jayn_Newell

Eldest Children - 36

  1. Governor Quinn
  2. Merhouse
  3. Cazzle
  4. Antinor01
  5. elfkin477
  6. Oakminster
  7. pbbth
  8. Inner Stickler
  9. neutron star
  10. RunSilent
  11. Noone Special
  12. VunderBob
  13. auRa
  14. Dead Cat
  15. ParkParkhead
  16. Wallenstein
  17. Erin Puff
  18. Yllaria
  19. Eva Luna
  20. Czarcasm
  21. Giltathriel
  22. Trouble Again
  23. dangermom
  24. Retro Vertigo
  25. butler1850
  26. torie
  27. Sternvogel
  28. meenie7
  29. 5-HT
  30. lynxie
  31. quilter
  32. SmartAleq
  33. Baker
  34. whiterabbit
  35. Scribble
  36. beanpod

Middle Children - 14

  1. Aesiron
  2. NinetyWt
  3. Kaio
  4. Cincator
  5. featherlou
  6. RKJUgly
  7. Sleeps With Butterflies
  8. chela
  9. ShibbOleth
  10. KittenKat
  11. rucciface
  12. erleichola
  13. autz
  14. CubMistress

Youngest Children - 25

  1. Sampiro
  2. silenus
  3. taterbug398
  4. twickster
  5. Bibliocat
  6. Azhure
  7. Kambuckta
  8. eleanorigby
  9. Bayard
  10. Litoris
  11. Sigmagirl
  12. Khadaji
  13. Zebra
  14. pianista
  15. Kalea
  16. mack
  17. pravnik (I think. 7th son of 7th son, but does that mean there was no 8th kid?)
  18. Clothahump
  19. SpecialAgent Jem
  20. jsgoddess
  21. Queen Tonya
  22. Salem
  23. panache45
  24. Queen of Town
  25. akira5822

"It’s Complicated" - 14
I included my best guess of the poster’s self identification.
Identity changed over time - 3

  1. WhyNot (Only --> Youngest)
  2. Lobot (Only --> Eldest)
  3. Rachael Rage (Only --> Eldest)
    Identify as Only - 2
  4. Anaamika
  5. A shameful cracka…
    Identify as Eldest - 4
  6. LurkerInNJ
  7. Hey Hey Paula
  8. Wygtya
  9. ladybug
    Identify as Middle - 1
  10. interface2x
    Identify as Youngest - 3
  11. An Arky
  12. Risha
  13. KneadToKnow
    Has no idea - 1
  14. schnuckiputzi
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I guess I’m invisible. That’s fine.