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Have any of your friends, known parents and grandparents and known relatives killed a child?

I mean you claim -- by that cobbled article -- that 10% to 15% of children are murdered. Does that number seem at all reasonable to you?

Have any of your friends, known parents and grandparents and known relatives killed a child?

My maternal grandmother had 9 abortions - she lived in a country that encouraged them as birth control. All her 4 brothers were killed childless in World War I. Her 1 sister was unable to bear children (adopted 2 whose mother died of cancer). My maternal grandfather had no siblings (his father also died young). My paternal grandparents had 2 children.

I mean you claim -- by that cobbled article -- that 10% to 15% of children are murdered. Does that number seem at all reasonable to you?

Naturally it does, since it's accurate. In my wide-ranging studies of history, I've encountered ample supporting evidence over the years. If you actually bothered to research things before you fantasize about them you'd reach the exact same conclusion.

Since you think personal anecdotes are important, then my maternal grandparents raised 4 children, their children (my mother/aunts/uncles) raised 8 children (3/3/2/0) and aborted 2. Those children (myself/siblings/cousins) have 6 children (3/0/0/2/1/0/0/0) none of which have yet had children. As you might guess, a series of tragic circumstances have led to a precipitous drop in the family birth rate.. The 3 are mine. There have been no aborted children in this generation (but two miscarriages, and an infant died of cancer). My one paternal uncle had 1 child who has 1 child. None of this includes any illegitimate children if they're out there & I don't know about them.

The ratio of live births to abortions in these three generations would then be 23:11 - the infant that died is counted in the 23. That's a 32.35% infanticide rate.

You picked the wrong person to ask for anecdotal support of your inanity. LOL

PS. Just to be clear (if you could call it that) my father is one of the two children adopted by my maternal great aunt and so I have not left out any additional lineage that I'm aware of on the paternal side.

PPS. Oh, but if I do include my father and uncle then the ratio is 25:11 with a 30.55% infanticide rate.