what's with Feanor's kids? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Diamond18 · 06-25-2003, 12:46 AM

I thought I'd pop in to mention that I know a family who has seven boys. They missed out on their chance to name them all after the sons of Fëanor, but that at least proves that it isn't impossible to have many children all of one sex. (Well, there is one daughter, the oldest child. But after her, it was all boys). I have no idea as to the normal girl/boy ratio in large families, however, so I can't say how bizarre a coincedence it may or may not be. In Tolkien's case, I find the behavior of the boys to be far more bizarre than their gender itself. Shiny stones are all well and pretty, but they don't keep you warm at night. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

06-25-2003, 12:46 AM	#24
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I thought I'd pop in to mention that I know a family who has seven boys. They missed out on their chance to name them all after the sons of Fëanor, but that at least proves that it isn't impossible to have many children all of one sex. (Well, there is one daughter, the oldest child. But after her, it was all boys). I have no idea as to the normal girl/boy ratio in large families, however, so I can't say how bizarre a coincedence it may or may not be. In Tolkien's case, I find the behavior of the boys to be far more bizarre than their gender itself. Shiny stones are all well and pretty, but they don't keep you warm at night. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.