Those who grew up in large families...repeating the pattern?

[JenC3]

Average 3 kids on both sides.

We have 3 but are expecting the 4th.

My bil has 3.

My brother has 2

Two other siblings not married and likely no kids.

[mommaduck]

I voted "I grew up in a super large family and 4 or fewer of us have large families," but it isn't that simple. There are 10 siblings, but from 6 different women (4 are my dad's, 6 are my step-dad's). Both of my parents are from families of 8, but out of all 146 relatives (from my grandparents down), nobody else has had more than 3 kids.

 

Everyone thinks we are crazy for having 5 boys. :D

 

Edited to add: I just re-read this, and it sort of sounds like my dads had plural wives and they did not... just plural divorces. ;)

 

Don't feel badly...my sibling group is even wackier. I have no whole siblings, two half siblings on one side, three half siblings on another, three half siblings of my half siblings but not stepsiblings, and one stepsibling. And my dad had six wives (and his current tramp would love to be his wife...guess who will not get the dear term of stepmama).My husband is amazed that I can keep up with them all (family genealogy is so much fun...we drag out the skeletons and have a good laugh ;) )