On Sep 16, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > >>>> It is all the people who have MORE children >>>> than Jon who are the real problem! >> >>> He had 2. >>> I have 3. >>> Can I really help that the second pregnancy was with >>> *twins*? (And no, >>> there were no fertility drugs or any other assistive >>> reproductive >>> technology things involved, I just have enthusiastic >>> ovaries.) >>> Julia >> >> think of it as "evolution in action"... I also had two wives. the >> first one died, and the second is still fertile and will probably >> remarry and have a whole passel of brats!~) both my parents were >> the youngest of nine. of their five offspring only i reproduced >> twice (i think), my sisters and one brother had one each, the >> other brother didn't reproduce, so we are spiraling down... >> jon > > Yeah. My brother-in-law hasn't reproduced, to the best of my > knowledge, so my husband and I have replaced ourselves, plus him. > (And the gender balance works out that way, as well!)
I was 3rd of 5, Peggy 5th of 8 (Catholic families both). Among our families' total of 13 kids, there are only five grandchildren. Doing Our Part Maru Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
