joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago“Back in myyyy day…”aussie.zoneimagemessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1887arrow-down114
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minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoMy grandmother had 16 children. It’s very possible and way more common back then.
minus-squareYosmonkol@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoWhile doing genealogy research I found it quite common in rural norway in the 18th and 19th century for women to have a child every two years until their early to mid fifties. Sometimes they’d have as many as 18 children.
My grandmother had 16 children. It’s very possible and way more common back then.
While doing genealogy research I found it quite common in rural norway in the 18th and 19th century for women to have a child every two years until their early to mid fifties. Sometimes they’d have as many as 18 children.