FWIW, I have only one grandchild, but current plans by my two daughters indicate I should have 3 and probably 4 before I shuffle off. Same number as my parents. My wife's parents OTOH, have 13. That's counting one step-granddaughter they stole from Kyrgyzstan (who probably would have ended up in Russia otherwise as did her other grandparents and uncle) and her two American born half sisters. The Clan from Vik (as in Vikings) in Denmark, are still holding their end of the deal. They'd have more, but one of their sons married late, and never had any kids.
I like Stein. He may go to extremes sometimes however.
I am the 44th of 64 grandchildren on my father's side. I have twin boys. I don't think I'll have quite so many grandchildren.
Steyn ping to our good FRiend.
And the Lambeth Conference of 1930 is revealed for what it was: a suicide pact.
As boiling hot as Scarlet is, I can't think of anything more off-putting than the fact that she spreads her legs for so many less-than kempt individuals that she has to get HIV tested twice a year. That's enough to put me off my food. I'm picturing flies buzzing around her...um....you know....or a dark cloud following her around, like Pigpen from Peanuts.
Congratulations and may you receive many more blessings before you "shuffle off".
My husband comes from a small family: paternal grandfather was an only child, he had two children and those two had only two between them. The next generation, mine, though, had seven between them and that generation is just getting started with only one of the seven married so far and he has two children (twins). Maternal grandparents on hubby's side had seven kids and each of them has had anywhere from two to six kids. We don't know all of my husband's cousins, mainly because the family is only loosely in touch these days. No feuds or divorces or anything, just the pace of life.
I come from a prolific family also: one grandfather had thirteen natural siblings, another had nine; my grandmother was one of six. My two sets of grandparents had six and four, and those sets of aunts and uncles had, let's see, 3-3-3-4-4 and 5-5. That's 27 cousins on my side of the family, plus me and my two siblings, or 30 grandkids for my maternal grandparents, which they lived to see and usher in some great-grandkids. Most of those cousins now have kids of their own and two kids is rather unusual in my family. Of all these people mentioned, the grandparents have now gone on, as has one aunt, one cousin and a son. All the rest are alive, healthy, productive, not in jail, and happily married. We lucked out.
I'm looking forward to grandparenthood someday but not too soon as my kids are still in school and barely 20 and 19. But grandkids and other family members are what makes life worthwhile in the final analysis. By the way, a lot of my family and that of my husband come from Viking stock also. In fact the whole family on both sides come from Northern European stock, so now I can say we're just trying to stave off European extinction instead of over-populating the earth. ;o)
And, frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about-- she ain't all that.
Of course they are. They now won't have to support her in her old age.
I just love Mark Steyn. I am reading his new book right now, and it as usual, he is sooo on the money.
Greetings from another descendant Dane. Great grandfather p. henry arrived in North America in 1919. He had two sons. They had three children, who in turn had six children (three of them mine). From one to six in three generations. Steyn is wrong. The Lutherans will inherit the earth. To the longboats!
My grandmother had 30 grandkids and 20 great-grandkids. The figures are likely higher now, because she died 7 years ago -- and myself have had more nieces and nephews since then.
God bless Creation!
When will some astute media person ask Scarlett what she has been doing that requires her to have to get tested twice per year for HIV/AIDS? Inquiring minds want to know! She should do a televised segment on E! and explain all to her admiring fans.
I am sure the Friends of the Earth will find it much easier to deal the the Islamists when they finally come into power than the present, evil, Bushitler Administration.
ROTFLMAO!!
This overlooks the fact that Muslims hate eachother only a little less than they hate the West. They will disintegrate into tribal genicide long before they rule the Earth.
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I've always thought big families were great! Some in my family could rival the Muslim woman in the story, though with each passing generation our family is having fewer children.
Steyn bump
When you have legal immigration, you know who is coming in, you know they honor the law, they will be let in in numbers that can be assimilated and won't overwhelm social systems.
The problem Europe has is that there is too large a difference between them and the people who are immigrating (legally or illegally)
LOL! OMG, Steyn can truly turn a phrase. "PhD (Doctor of Phenomenal horniness)" LOL