Re: how many siblings?

Ordatious wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 21:14:29 +0000, jojo wrote:
> 
>> my great grandfather had 8 children, that i am aware of.. they have
>> spread across the world. i suppose that has had a bigger effect on the
>> world than any one normal person doing one very significant thing.
> 
> There are people today who have brought ten or more children in to the
> world.
> 
> My grandmother was the youngest in a family of 15 children, where 13 lived
> to see adulthood.
> 
> Yes, more common in the olden days, but not unheard of even today. I
> believe there is a documentary on YouTube somewhere, about a family of ten
> (was it?) children, somewhere in Great Britain, if I'm not mistaken.
> 

13 siblings? yea we cant apply the lens of today to that time, 
maybe having 13 chidlren was like having 2 today. no big deal.

but it happens these days on rare occassions, i know about elon 
musk. i would say if people can afford it, have as many children 
as you have sperm.