to ask how big your family was?

[Deliainthemaking]

Coursework statistics

past & present families
and the general view in the past families were bigger.

How big was you family?
How big is your family of children?
Do you come from a big/small family do you think it affects you??

I'd like to see who comes from the biggest :)

I am one of 3 children, my dh one of 4 children. My sister has 1 child, my brother has 2 children and I have 3 children. My brother in law has 3 children, sister in law has 1 child and remaining brother in law has 0 children.

my dad was an only
my mum has 2 brothers

MIL was an only
FIL has one sister

i am one of 4 siblings, dh has one brother

i have 2 dc, one of my sisters has 3, one has 2

My dad was one of four, only three survived beyond infanthood.

My mum was one of eight, only seven survived beyond infanthood.

I am one of four.

I have two kids.

mother 1 of 4
father 1 of 5
I am 1 of 4
I have 4 children
2 of my brothers have 2 children each and 1 has 1 child
my fathers sisters and brother had no more than 2 children per family with 1 aunt having none.
My mothers sisters are a mystery,but I know 1 of them had at least 1 son.
Im 45 btw incase that counts

DD is an only child and remaining so.
I am the eldest of two; DH is the youngest of two.
My mum is an only child; my dad the youngest of three.
FIL has a brother and a sister; MIL a brother.
My maternal grandmother was one of four (a step-sister and two half-sibs); paternal grandfather an only child.
Not sure about paternal grandparents - grandfather had at least a sister (who was a nun), and think grandmother had a sibling or two as well.

DD is also the only grandchild on both sides of the family. She has second cousins though - of my four cousins, one has two children and one has four, so we six cousins have produced seven children, but rather unevenly distributed.

I guess compared with a lot of these the family has been relatively small for generations. It's all I know, so I can't really comment on how it's affected me - it's normal to me!

My mum is 1 of 4
My dad is 1 of 2
I am one of 2
I have 1 DC. (but I want 4)

Of me mum and her siblings:
She had 2,
DBro had 1,
DSis1 had 1
Dsis2 had 0.

My dad and his brother both had 2 DC each.

The family that followed the pattern of how many siblings they had were happy and the family that weren't happy at all didn't.

Grew up as one of 4

Now have 3 kids but in many ways we would like another (though think we won't).

I am one of 5.
I have 3.
Being from a big family made me really want a large family BUT I very quickly realised it was infinitely harder being responsilbe for a large family, rather than in a large family iyswim! I have found it tough, otherwise I would definitely have had more.

I (1981) am 1 of 2
My mum (1954) is 1 of 4 (1 set of twins)
My dad (1948) is 1 of 6, 1 died at birth

DH's grandfather (1908) was 1 of 16 1 baby died at birth but the other 15 lived to adulthood. Sadly the mother died after giving birth to the 16th child in 1917. She was only 44!

my grandad one of 10, my grandma one of 2.
my mum one of 2.
dad one of two.

i was an only child until 17, i now have 3 siblings from my mum four my dad.

i have 2!

I am 37
I Have two chilren, thats it!!
My Mum and Dad had 6 children. Current ages 37-57
Maternal Grandparents had 10 children
Paternal Grandparents had 8 children

My father was one of 6.
My mother was one of 4 (plus twins that died at birth).

I was born in 1962.
I was the youngest of 6 born between 1946 and 1962.

Of these children,
1st had 4 children
2nd had 3 children
3rd had none (due to infertility)
4th had 2 children
5th had 2 children
6th (me) had 5 children.

My best friend was also born 1962.
She was the second of 5.

1st had none
2nd had 2
3rd had 3
4th had 3
5th had 2

Does us being Catholic make a difference? Our families were bigger than any of our friends' families in the 70s when we were growing up.

My mother was born in 1931 and had 2 siblings
My father was born in 1929 and had 4 siblings
Dh's mother was born in 1946 and had 4 siblings
Dh's father was born in 1941 and had 6 siblings

I was born in 1962 and have 1 sibling and 3 half siblings
Dh was born in 1964 and has 1 sibling

We have two children.

My family 4 girls. I have 1 DD DSis3 has 1 DD
Mums side 5 boys 2 girls, my granny would have 14 GCs
Dads side 2 girls and one boy. Dads sister also had 4 girls, other sister none. Dad has 10 great nieces and only one great nephew.

I want more DCs ideally 4 as does DSs3. DSis1 &2 are single, DSis1 would love kids and DSis2 is infertile but wants to adopt.

My Dad is one of 4.
My Mum is one of 5.
I am one of 4.
I have 3 children, one brother has 7 children, the other has 3, sister has none and won't have any. Being the last of four children, I am thinking about having one more.

age 48 one of 3 siblings. One of my sisters has 2 children and the other has none.
My Mum had a brother and my dad was one of 7, both born in 37.
DH born 61 has one sibling, his brother has 2 children.

mil was born in 26 has one sister and FIL born probably 1920 was an only child.

My mum is one of four and my dad was one of six.

I have one sister and one son. I am 41, so don't think I'll be having any more DCs.

Both my parents were only children.
They had 2 DC, me and my brother.
I have 4 DC 2 girls then 2 boys
My brother has 3 DC 2 boys then 1 girl.
Our family is definately growing exponentially! Just a shame my mother didn't live long enough to see her GC, she would have made a brilliant Granny.

My parents had 3 children.
My mum has 1 sibling, who is gay, no children
my dad has 2 sibling, both have 3 children each
3 of my grandparents had over 10 siblings
1 gp had 2 siblings

I have one DC

mum & 1 bro
dad only child(mum died in childbirth)

dad-1 child w/1st wife
dad/mum bro & me

dad with 3rd wife 2 step daughters(hers)

my husband-
him 1 bro 1 sis

fil is 1 of 16(8girls/8boys)
mil i of 5

me & oh have 4 boys

I'm 39 and an only child
I have 5 dcs
my mum was 1 of 2
my dad was 1 of 3
my mums mum was 1 of 2
my mums dad was 1 of 3
can't recall my dads side.

Im 25 (was born in '85).

My granny is one of 10,
My mother is one of 9,
Im one of one - an "only".

I dont think the fact that my mother came from a large family affected her decision to just have one child, her and my dad (one of 4) split when I was a couple of months old and she never married again.

I have 2 dc and am pregnant with number 3 (likely to be our last). My decision to have 3 was definately connected to the fact that I didnt have an brothers or sisters. I hated being an only child and swore I wouldnt (given the choice) have an only child myself.

I am an only
My mum is one of 2
My dad is one of 2
GM (mums side) was one of 2
GF (mums side) was one of 3
GM (dads side) was one of 4
GF (dads side) was one of 3

Interesting dads sister had 5, all of whom have married onlys.

I have 4 children.
Sister 1 has 3 children
Sister 2 has 2 children
Sister 3 has 4 children
Brother has no children

My parents (born 1939) have 5

My father is one of 2 (one much older half-brother)

My mother is one of 6 (4 survived into adulthood, 2 died as babies)

My paternal GM (born 1904) was one of 5

My paternal GF (born 1908) was one of 4

My maternal GM (born 1911) was one of 4

My maternal GF (born 1908) was one of 4

I could go back further if you want thanks to family history research.

I'm 35. I am an only child and that was unusual in my primary/secondary school but I met (and am still friends with) several other onlys from sixth form onwards.

I have two children. My mum is one of two and my dad was one of three. My DH is one of two. My mum didn't have me until later (35 but that was much less common to have first child that late in 70s) and thought it was a bit late to have any more.

If I couldn't have had any more after DD1 then we'd have been really happy with one, but as we liked her so much and there was time for another we were lucky to have DD2.

When I was little I was quite antisocial with other kids and preferred adults...not sure if that's down to me being an only child or just personality. Other than that, I wouldn't say I was spoilt, my parents didn't have a very large income (postman and secretary) but there being only me things weren't spread quite as thinly as they may have been otherwise. Also I remember being glad when I saw my friends' toys and possessions got broken by younger siblings that I didn't have that problem at home.

I am quite gregarious and not shy now. I don't think it affects me now except that if my parents become infirm there is no question of shared responsibility as there's just me. I generally like being an only child, though I'm glad my husband has a sister who I get on with and I am an aunty, and am glad DD1 and DD2 have a cousin.

My daughters were very gregarious from the word go...DD2 probably too young to judge but DD1 seems more confident than I was at her age, chats to people - adults and children- with no trace of shyness and makes friends easily. I think this is personality though, but maybe to do with associating with a gang of other kids of various ages from the age of 11 months at childminders - I don't know.