Tracing a family in the 1841 and 51 censuses, I found they had eleven children. Nothing odd in that, but they were all girls, which is a bit uncommon. Statistically the older children of a marriage tend to be boys and it is not uncommon for the first seven to be males, but eleven girls on the trot must be a record -unless you know better!! Peter Park. Please note my new e-mail address: peterbpark@tiscali.co.uk

At 18:01 19/05/2006, Peter Park wrote: >Tracing a family in the 1841 and 51 censuses, I found they had eleven >children. Nothing odd in that, but they were all girls, which is a bit >uncommon. Statistically the older children of a marriage tend to be boys >and it is not uncommon for the first seven to be males, but eleven girls >on the trot must be a record -unless you know better!! I'm sure your right about the low statistical probability Peter But in this case surely it is much more likely that the father's genetic make-up was only capable of (or heavily biased towards) female offspring. +Z_______________+Z_______________+Z__________________________+Z <www.adshead.com> Gordon Adshead Manchester Design Technology Beaumont House, 2 Goodrington Road, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3AT, England Tel:Fax:Msg:+44-1625-549770 Mob:+44-777-6145602 <gordon@adshead.com>

My brother-in-law and all his siblings have only been able to produce female children; they would give anything to have had a boy to continue their surname. The good news is that their children are now producing a mixture of boys and girls. Lawrence. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Park [mailto:peterbpark@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: 19 May 2006 18:02 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SoG] Large family > > > Tracing a family in the 1841 and 51 censuses, I found they > had eleven children. Nothing odd in that, but they were all > girls, which is a bit uncommon. Statistically the older > children of a marriage tend to be boys and it is not uncommon > for the first seven to be males, but eleven girls on the trot > must be a record -unless you know better!! > > > Peter Park. > > Please note my new e-mail address: peterbpark@tiscali.co.uk > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release > Date: 18/05/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Ha Haa! Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 18/05/2006