A Michigan family welcomed a new daughter in March -- the first daughter in the father’s direct, patrilineal line in over a hundred years.
A Michigan family welcomed a new daughter in March — the first daughter in the father’s direct, patrilineal line in over a hundred years.she was surprised when her husband, Andrew, first told her no girl had been born in his family’s “direct line” in over a century — since 1885.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s a 50-50 chance every time. What do you mean?’” she recalled. “I asked his parents to confirm that information and they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, no, we haven’t had a girl in our direct line.’ He’s had uncles and cousins that have had girls but in his lineage, there has not been a girl.”
However, Carolyn was hoping she and her husband would be the ones to break the family’s multi-generation pattern of only having boys.WZZM 13. “I want the girl.” Carolyn suffered two miscarriages before finally becoming pregnant with their daughter, Audrey, who was born on March 17, per WZZM 13. She told the outlet she wanted to double-check the ultrasound after first hearing she and her husband would be having a daughter.Good Morning America“When we found out we were pregnant, we honestly didn’t care if we were having a boy or girl at that point. We just were thankful to be pregnant and just praying for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby,” she said. “It was just icing on the cake that it was a girl.
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