• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    I’ve known a few families with 6 or more kids, and in nearly all cases, each of those kids goes on to have 6+ kids.

    I once dated a girl who was one of five, and they were the smallest branch of the family. Each of her parents came from 8 kids, and each of those 8 kids had at least 6. I went to a family holiday weekend party, and there were HUNDREDS of people, all related, and all within a couple of generations.

    I was one of two, my wife is an only child, and we only had one. My brother had two. Any more than that sounds exhausting. We had a bunch of cats instead of a bunch of kids.