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22 November 2008, 04:39 PM
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One birth, one death
Comment: Is it true that a family member dies when a baby is born? It
seems to be consistant in my family that whenever a baby is born, an elderly family member dies. It's actually gotten to the point where it's expected, and people just say "A life for a life." Does this happen to many other families? 
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22 November 2008, 05:08 PM
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Gee, if that were true, the world's population wouldn't be increasing, would it?
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22 November 2008, 06:23 PM
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Not true in my family; my maternal grandmother has 19 grandkids, of which I'm the oldest at 21. There's been exactly two deaths in the family since I was born; my grandpa when I was 4, and my great-grandma a few years ago.
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22 November 2008, 07:08 PM
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Certainly not true in my family--my maternal grandmother managed to hang on through over 50 grandkids and great-grandkids.
I can see why it might sometimes seem that way in less prolific families, though. Combination of coincidence and roughly corresponding numbers in each generation. Nonny
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19 December 2008, 05:31 PM
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Why of course it makes sense - Da died, and two whole years later, my hell in a handbasket sister had a baby girl!
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19 December 2008, 05:42 PM
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And after years of research, we figured out that a guy who died a month after I was born was, like, my mother's fourth cousin.
Weird!
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19 December 2008, 06:34 PM
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Then the Duggars would have no relatives left. Sorry, that was completely obvious.
In our families it seemed like a bunch of elderly relatives seemed to be hanging on until DH and I got married. I have no idea why. We went to a lot of funerals that first year together.
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20 December 2008, 11:57 AM
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If it's true, my parents are going to be immortal. Neither I nor my sisters are having children (we're all in our 40s now).
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20 December 2008, 12:54 PM
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20 December 2008, 03:55 PM
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 Oh DOYC, I'm glad in that case I sired at least one child, but regret I didn't sire two (does a stepchild count?)
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20 December 2008, 04:14 PM
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20 December 2008, 04:32 PM
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20 December 2008, 06:15 PM
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