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Boy or girl? Family with 12 sons awaits baby 13
KPHO.COM ^ | 29 OCTOBER 2014 | AP

Posted on 10/30/2014 6:10:13 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) - A western Michigan couple with 12 sons is expecting baby No. 13, and even though they're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl, they said they'd be shocked if their streak is broken.

Jay and Kateri Schwandt's baby is due May 9, The Grand Rapids Press reported (http://bit.ly/1wLt00x ). Even though they expect it will be another boy, the couple said they would welcome either into the family.

"If we were to have a girl, I think we would go into shock," Kateri Schwandt said. "It would probably be disbelief."

If he had a choice, Jay Schwandt said he would love to have a girl, but they're just "hoping for a healthy baby." Still, he would like to see the effect of adding a girl to the mix in a household with 12 boys.

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To: Ouderkirk

Stay classy.


21 posted on 10/30/2014 8:19:39 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a little more complicated than flipping a coin.
I’d go with the odds.


22 posted on 10/30/2014 8:55:18 PM PDT by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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To: yarddog

My Mom has 5 sisters, 2 brothers..One brother 3rd to last & my other uncle the baby of family.
They grew up in a 2 bedroom house, 1 bathroom.
The dining room was turned into a bedroom at night.
I don’t know how they did it!


23 posted on 10/30/2014 8:58:37 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

How much is this costing me?


24 posted on 10/30/2014 9:41:40 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: GeronL

I know people who go to their church and have commented on what a loving family they are.


25 posted on 10/30/2014 10:17:20 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: Organic Panic

Nothing! They aren’t on any kind of aid.


26 posted on 10/30/2014 10:19:12 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: hecticskeptic

One of my best friends has 14 now, no twins, only two of which are girls.

Her oldest (a son) is now married, and his first with his wife was a girl.

Wonderful family.


27 posted on 10/30/2014 11:30:31 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: mountainbunny

A friend has 15.


28 posted on 10/31/2014 3:29:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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To: ctdonath2

That is awesome! What a blessing!


29 posted on 10/31/2014 3:33:01 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

As a kid my best friend was Milo Calusi in Walled Lake Michigan.
He was the youngest of 11 kids in his family.
He was the youngest and the only boy
Sure wish i could find him again.


30 posted on 10/31/2014 4:03:42 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
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To: demshateGod

That is soooooo true.


31 posted on 10/31/2014 4:15:04 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Not all Muslims are terrorists but all Muslims are potential terrorists.)
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To: GeronL

Yeah the household would at all times contain $13,000 in different shampoos conditioners, body wash, and soap alone. Imagine having to pay for 13 weddings? Oy vey!


32 posted on 10/31/2014 4:50:29 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Had a friend who had seven daughters. Their eighth was a son and they felt they had to continue a bit so the girls wouldn’t feel as if the mattered less. Had seven daughters and three sons when they finally gave it up.


33 posted on 10/31/2014 4:52:15 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Tax-chick

To my feeble mind, I don’t think that you can properly parent 13 children. I grew up in a family of six kids and it was hard enough.


34 posted on 10/31/2014 6:15:05 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Organic Panic

Probably nothing.

They’re a Christian family and they live by the command that the man is supposed to take care of his own family.

Now, if it was a democrat family, you’d expect probably 4 kids, no father, and all being supported by you.


35 posted on 10/31/2014 6:17:41 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BenLurkin

If it’s a boy, he’ll have 12 older brothers ahead of him for they inheritance,
so he’ll likely travel to a northern land,
seduce the younger sister of the orphaned queen to marry him,
plot to kill them both,
and end up having his scheme foiled in the end by an act of heroism by an animated snowman named Olaf.

But that’s just guessing.


36 posted on 10/31/2014 6:20:17 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I can't imagine 13 children, keeping up with all their needs, I am not cut out for that. God Bless these people.
37 posted on 10/31/2014 6:32:17 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: MrB

LOL! Good one.


38 posted on 10/31/2014 7:43:08 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Advent begins in one month. Clean house!)
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To: Ouderkirk

In what way does that personal opinion, unrelated to the situation of any other family, justify a filthy insult to a mother?


39 posted on 10/31/2014 7:45:52 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Advent begins in one month. Clean house!)
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To: mountainbunny

When I met her, she was a young-looking mother holding a newborn and otherwise unaccompanied as she visited our church for the first time. “Is this your first child?” my wife asked. “No, she’s my 13th.”


40 posted on 10/31/2014 8:53:20 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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