Siblings

I was essentially raised as an only child, but was always taught to say that I do have a brother, but he died when he was 3 months old (he was younger than me - I was 3 at the time).

My mother desperately wanted children, had 5 miscarriages in addition to the brother who died, so if you think I wasn't raised to believe the world rotated around me - you're nuts. I was about 10 before I realized that everyone didn't know when it was my birthday.

Youngest of a blended family.

Dad had 3 boys and a girl.

Oldest just turned 70. Born in 1936. I was 1968. Yeah.

Mom has 3 boys and 4 girls.

Oldest just turned 65?

Closest in age to me is my sister who is 48? She's a grandma. Her daughter is perhaps the coolest neice I have. Neice is a nurse and SO normal.

My Dad's kids were all adults when I was born, and my mom's youngest 4 were at home, but all were moved out by the times I was in kindergarten, so I was basically an only child.

[samssugarmomma]

I'm the middle and have one older brother and one younger sister. And we are all about 2 years apart. My brother and I are 5 days apart in August and my sister was born in September.

[Auspicious]

We are

35 -- brother
30 -- me!
26 -- brother

Except for a few years of strife between older bro and me when we were little kids, we've always all liked each other. I like both being a middle child and having a large age spread, and don't understand how both of those things got such a bad rap.

[mommax3]

I am the oldest (big surprise, right?) and have 3 younger sisters, and a younger half-brother and half-sister.

Here's the breakdown:

Me: 1968
Sister #1: 1970
Sister #2: 1974
Sister #3: 1976 (now deceased)
Half-Sister: 1980
Half-Brother: 1983

So I come by my need to take care of EVERYONE very honestly, because that is what I have done my whole life!

Sally

[SuzySunshine]

I'm the middle of three girls, my older sister is 2 years older, younger is 3 years younger.

[SueC]

I am the youngest of 3 girls--my oldest sister is 5 years older and my other sister is 1 year older than me.

[Gwendolyn]

I have one brother who is 22mo. younger than me. He is my very best friend and we are together this week (He lives in San Francisco)

I am the middle of three. My sister is 5 1/2 years older and my brother is 8 1/2 years younger.

I'm with you, Julie. I liked being the middle child and loved the big age spread. There was never any sibling rivalry and, despite the age difference, we are all very close.

[MissCrabette]

If this hasn't been obvious, I'm an only child. :>

Ditto. It looks like only children are in the minority here.

[HeartRN]

I'm the youngest of 2. My sister is 9 years older than I am....I'm 34. I was a....surprise! I think my parents had been trying and trying and had finally given up and then...there I was.

I am the oldest of three original siblings. I have a younger sister and brother. I also have two step brothers and two step sisters. Unfortunatly when you factor in the steps it makes me the middle child which makes for a horrible identity crisis and a whole lotta battle for turf. :argue: To bad I quit caring about them and started my own family :P