It’s a boy, incredibly, for the 13th time in a row for Michigan couple

[brooklynite]

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In August 2013, the twelfth boy arrived. By then there were no more stories about golf. The world was starting to take notice. There they were on TV with the latest infant brother, and as the others entered the room, each introduced himself:

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For the record, the Schwandts, high school sweethearts, were married at 18. Jay has a sister. Kateri has 13 brothers and sisters. Her sister has ten children. “So between the two women there are 22 male grandchildren,” as Today Parents noted.

She assumed that would have about seven children, the Grand Rapids paper reported. But then, well, “we just kind of opened up to it,” said Kateri, and just kept going.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/15/the-schwandts-in-michigan-celebrate-birth-of-13th-consecutive-boy/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3

You know, they've figured out what causes them...and how to stop.

[gollygee]

1. Not a very pretty sounding last name

and it's going to become very common here in West Michigan I guess. Especially if the next generation has the same views on birth control.

[Buzz Clik]

2. The only logical explanation for this staggeringly-against-all-odds outcome:

The father carries two y chromosomes. Probably from eating GMO food.

[gollygee]

3. He's the opposite of Henry VIII. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

5. Henry VIII was carrying two x chromosomes?

Henrietta.

[gollygee]

6. LOL

He had an abundance of sperm cells with X chromosones.

[treestar]

8. He thought it was the Queen's fault

He was such a masculine man ya know! Could hardly believe he couldn't get a crop of sons. The ones he did have died at birth or in infancy and even the one who survived him only lived into his teens.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. I believe at some point the odds go from roughly 50/50

to tilt toward the 'string' of children you've had. when we had our third daughter people asked me if we were gonna try for a boy. my thought? well, the little 'male' swimmers i was sending forth must be slacking off so forget that! (plus we only really planned on two and three was going to be named Ooops).

sP

[Wilms]

7. This is cause for celebration.

Hardworking folk like the Schwandts are saving the world from the under-population crisis.

Nice of them. Really.

[pinboy3niner]

9. 14th time's the charm

Maybe.

[Sheldon Cooper]

11. Oh I'm sure that sometime in mid-late 2016 we'll be hearing about the 14th child.

It sounds like these people don't have sense enough to stop.

I have to admit that I'm pretty astounded at this streak, though - 13 in a row and they're all boys?? It seems so unlikely, but I assume there's something medically wrong with the father's X chromosome sperm. You think they'd be able to look at them under a microscope and figure it out, though.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Statistically, I'd think it's simply an outlier

Just like someone can flip heads 13 times in a row. It's highly uncommon, but it happens.

If they want a girl so much, at some point you'd think they'd consider adopting.

[Sheldon Cooper]

14. These people will NEVER adopt.

Their god has ordained them to go forth and multiply and they seem to have really taken it to heart!

I guess it could just be an outlier, but man it's weird. My mom's family had 8 boys and 5 girls. When I grew up (in the 70s) I knew two families that had 12-13 kids, and both families had a much more even distribution of boys and girls.

[pinboy3niner]

16. I was one of four boys

What do I know?

[Sheldon Cooper]

17. Heh. I've got five brothers and one sister!

I don't know squat either!

[pinboy3niner]

20. Your sister obviously was just an outlier

Your parents should have kept trying for more boys.

[Sheldon Cooper]

21. Haha!!

[Lancero]

19. heh, at this point you'd think they'd just adopt a baby girl...

And call it quits.

[FreakinDJ]

10. Too reckless and irresponcable for words

Spare me the Bullshit

They'll turn those kids into workers to service the parents irrespocible actions

No way they can anything close to a normal up bringing

[ellie]

15. Thank you

I come from a family of nine kids. What the fuck? Only one of us has a child. It was like a circus growing up.

[n2doc]

12. Breed Breed Breed n/t

[Lancero]

18. Anyone ever watch Everybody loves Raymond?

It's been a long time ago, but I seem to recall a episode with the brother/sister inlaw (I think? Can't remember exactly, been a very long time since I've seen that show) kept on trying to have a daughter despite them having numerous sons.