What's the biggest family with kids all same sex?

[american_mama]

I am curious what is the biggest family you know of that had children all of the same sex?

I am sure mine will easily be topped, but I know of one family of 4 boys and one of 4 girls. A woman who posts on another website I read is having her 5th boy, no girls (let's call that 5B, 0G). Also, it's not strictly in keeping with my question, but I know someone whose family was 5 girls, 1 boy (so 5G, 1B.)

[LarsMal]

I worked with a woman who had 6 boys- no girls!

I'm one of 5- 4 boys, 1 girl

ETA: A friend of mine's mom is one of 5 girls.

[khm]

A friend's husband has 4 daughters, no sons from a previous marriage. Their first together was a girl. Their second was a boy.

I know a family with 5 boys and 1 girl. Two singletons, and quads. The girl is one of the quads.

A neighbor's good friend had three boys. As the boys got older, they decided to try for "one more" and had twin boys. ;)

I know lots of threes of the same sex. Three doesn't seem unusual to me, four sticks out.

[salsah]

i don't see many large families but i know a family of 4 boys (no girls). my mom is the only girl, with 4 brothers.

the biggest, i do not know them personally:

a guy i went to college told me that his aunt wanted a boy so bad that she kept trying until she finally had one, after having 14 girls. yes, 14 girls and then a boy. i'm not sure that i believe him because it sounds insane.

[strollerqueen]

I am curious what is the biggest family you know of that had children all of the same sex?

I am sure mine will easily be topped, but I know of one family of 4 boys and one of 4 girls. A woman who posts on another website I read is having her 5th boy, no girls (let's call that 5B, 0G). Also, it's not strictly in keeping with my question, but I know someone whose family was 5 girls, 1 boy (so 5G, 1B.)

I grew up with one family of 7 kids. The first was a girl, and the 6 that followed were boys.

[MommyAllison]

We have good friends who have 11 girls, 0 Boys

They did lose one a couple days before her due date, so would have had 12 girls.

[Clarity]

My mother is one of seven children. The first 5 were all girls. The last two were boys.

[citymama]

I know a 7 brothers family! My friend and his twin brother were the youngest two. Brave woman, that Irish mom of theirs.

I know a few other 7-kid families (the kids are all "our" generation, in their 30s-40s). All of them were from religiously observant families - 1 Mormon, 1 Orthodox Jewish, 2 Catholic.

My grandmom was one of 11 kids, but that was another era - 10 girls and 1 (beloved) boy!

In terms of families with young kids, I don't know anyone with more than 3 kids, but several friends have 3 now - I am noticing it is fast becoming as much of a norm as 2 used to be!

[egoldber]

My mother was the oldest of 8 girls.

[heatherlynn]

A close friend/neighbor has 4 girls and my other close friend/neighbor has 3 boys. I also know another family down the road that has 4 girls.

[JBaxter]

I have 4 boys :)

[Ceepa]

I know a 4-girl family and four 3-girl families.

[JenaW]

My dad was the youngest of 13. Only the oldest was a girl. I don't think all 13 survived out of infancy though. My dad is almost 60, and was born when my grandma was in her 50's - 54, maybe? His sister was over 30 years older than him.

I grew up with a family who had 10. The two bookends (oldest and youngest) were boys and the 8 in the middle were girls.

We currently have 5 - our oldest is a boy, and the 4 others are girls.

J

[lowrioh]

My cousin has 8 boys and one girl...I can't even imagine.

[Corie]

A good friend of mine from high school is from a family of all girls.

She has 4 sisters.

I always thought it was funny since her dad is big tall man
and he is a pig farmer.
And then he has 5 daughters.

All the girls raised pigs in 4-H.

Such an awesome family!!

[pinkmomagain]

This is small time, but I have three girls. And my sister has three boys.

[WatchingThemGrow]

This thread in general is giving me the heebie jeebies. I'm just scared about having 3 kids total.

[geochick]

My eye doctor has 7 daughters, no sons. He has their picture hanging in his office. He's Mormon. :)

[mamaoftwins]

This thread in general is giving me the heebie jeebies. I'm just scared about having 3 kids total.

LOL. I just had the same thought.

[AnnieW625]

My mom was the 4th girl of 5 children, my uncle is the lone boy and the youngest.

I have two friends who are both pregnant with #3, one friend has two girls, and the other has two boys. I can't wait to see what they are having (I think they are peeking).

[aa2mama]

My quilting teacher taught an elderly woman with 17 boys, no girls!!! I can't even imagine!

[m448]

my uncle (by marriage) is one of seven boys. His mom had an eighth - a girl - but she died shortly after birth.

[TonFirst]

I'm the oldest of 6 - 5 girls, 1 boy.

[DietCokeLover]

Our housekeeper has 5 girls. No boys.

[g-mama]

My dh's aunt and uncle have 7 boys.

I have three boys and my SIL has three boys. We keep waiting for the other to try "one more time" and break the pattern but it's beginning to look like neither of us is willing. :)

[greatcanuk]

One of my good friends has 8 sisters and 1 brother, for a total of 10 kids! The brother is not the youngest though.

Camille

[BillK]

My father-in-law is one of 11 boys - no girls.

[mamahill]

My grandpa was 3rd of 9 boys. He and 4 brothers were all in WW2. All 5 came home alive.

[shawnandangel]

My mother is one of 5 girls. No boys

[kimberley-k]

A friend is one of 6 girls, 0 boys. But her Mom did have 3 miscarriages - I always wondered if those were boys and for some reason were incompatible with her!

-Kim

[kcimato]

I am the oldest of 5 girls(no boys) with only 7 years between us. They're my best friends. My neighbor is one of 8 girls.

[toothfairy]

My mother's sister has 7 boys, 0 girls.

I am the oldest grandchild on mom's side of the family. I have one brother.
I am the only female grandchild.

Gee, I got no attention growing up.


Amy

[kijip]

I know one family with 5 boys, all singletons and all accidentally spaced so that mom and dad had/will have 1 boy at a time in college for 20 straight years if they all graduate high school at the expected age and complete undergrad degrees in 4 years (2 down, one in progress, 2 to go). I know another family with 4 boys.

My dad is the oldest of 9 and there are just 2 girls.

[mommyp]

My dad has one set of cousins with 6 boys, 1 girl.