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Hang on, this gets kinda confusing.

Summarizing the details below, I have 2 brothers, 1 half brother, 1 half sister, 4 step brothers and 3 step sisters. 7 are older than me and 4 are younger.

Two older brothers (both older, @ 39 and 37):
The eldest was high school valedictorian, basketball star and church youth group president. He got married, went to seminary, had two kids, and works in the business world and as a counselor.
The middle brother was high school saludictorian, taught high school english, got married, had two kids (one is Austistic), and is a professor at Tenn. Tech. University. He and his wife both have their doctorate degrees in education.

Needless to say, following these two dudes was (and is) not easy.

My half brother is 23, and half sister is 21. One step sister is 41, one is 37, and one is 34. One step brother is 38, one is 36, one is 35, and one is 34. Three steps and the two halfs are on one side of the family (dad's) while the other 4 steps are are the other side (mom's - this is the hog farmin' side of the family).

My wife is a saint. Having two sets of in-laws for her has to be hard to manage. My kids don't know all of their cousins, aunts and uncles. Holidays are chaotic. All of the family (either side) is never together at the same time, even at weddings. It is pretty ridiculus, but we have gotten used to it.

Confused? It took me a while to figure out too.

Andy B.

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My older brother is also on my team, and we both also work at a grocery store (Shaw's). However, as I'm smaller than him, we haven't really been able to trade shirts, but when the pinback came off of my nametag, he gave me a clip to use instead. We also share a similar sense of humor. We get along a lot better than when we were kids, and it's great.

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One older brother---21, going on Senior year of College.

One older sister---18, going on Sophmore year of College.

Me---15, going on Junior year of High School.

One younger brother---8, going on 3rd Grade.

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Middle. I have a sister (5 years older), and two brothers (1 and 1/2 years older and 2 years younger). By the time we were in our teens my sister was the pretty, smart, popular one, I was the quiet bookworm, and my brothers were always in trouble. Between dealing with my sister's activities and achievements and cleaning up my brothers' messes, my parents were overwhelmed and I was pretty much allowed to come and go as I pleased.

Heidi

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Middle Child

Sister Jamie - 21
Me Michael - 19
Brother James -15

yes i am the odd one out

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Boy could my kids relate.

Personally I'm the youngest of twins. My twin, 6 minutes older than I, was considered mean by everyone around us til she made some friends in high school. She always resented my having friends thruout school.

There were 3 sets of twins in high school with us. There was always an introvert, and an extrovert, in my opinion.

I have 4 kids ages 16-31. I have 2 stepkids, by different moms. 1 is age 13. 1 is 18. My kids dad married a woman with 4 kids. My adult son married a single mom. My 12yo stepgranddaughter is best friends with my 13yo stepdaughter. I have 6 grandkids altogether.

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Oldest of 3. My sister is 13 and my brother is 8.

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Youngest of 2......Ogre is my older brother
Its nice, although we're so close with one side of my family, its like i have 6 older brothers (im the only girl on that side, and the youngest)

My parents had parenting boys down by my age between all my cousins and my brother, then BAM a girl, it's been interesting, I do a lot more school activties and outing with friends than my brother did, like freshman and sophmore year, i'd ask how late i could be out, and my parents weren't quite sure how to answer. They were like, what? go out? Its been a bit different, but a lot of fun. I was the guinea pig girl, so i was ALWAYS in dresses as a young child, by the time i was about 9 or 10, i was sick of it and didn't wear them for a good year or so.:D But we're back to normal now. Being the youngest is fun, although my parents have set different standards between me and my brother, sometimes that's no fun, cuz they know it, and when i go "but Jeffrey go to" they get to say "well you're not jeff are you??"

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Oldest of 2. My brother isn't in FIRST (yet :yikes: )

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Im the youngest .. I have an older brother who is 18 and has just graduated from high school and is moving to Ireland for university next year ...
I like being youngest because there are some benefits and you do get treated a bit differently, that being said, I HATE being youngest because there are soo many double standards. Maybe its just in my family, but I know that my brother was allowed to do much more when he was 16 than I am now. And I know that if I try to do the things he is doing now at 18 when I am 18, I will still get in trouble, even though I will have moved out ...

It is funny because my brother and I have never been really close, and there were times (apart from build-season) where we said literally 10 words to each other for about a week and a half ... but now that he is moving in September, we have become closer .. and despite all of our fights (both verbal and physical) I am going to miss him once he is gone ...

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Just like Andy B. my siblings are something to contend with...

2 older sisters...

Carolyn - 9th in a graduating class of 400. Notre Dame Grad with a > 3. something GPA. Electrical Engineer. Dial Corp. in Chicago. age: 23 (don't even try!)

Christina - 18th in a graduating class of 420. Attends Vanderbilt. Freshman year GPA 3.5. (OMG she is killing me!!!). 19 (I'll kill you!)

Ben (me) - 55 in a graduating class if 390. Attending Rose-Hulman IT, No Classes taken, 18.

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I am the oldest of four.

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I know I've already posted (I'm cheating), but after reading Andy's chaos, I thought I'd post a bit of my own.

My parents are both the youngest of four. They each have three older sisters, comparable in age. Out of their three sisters each, the two older have kids, the youngest does not. All are married. In total, I have nine aunts - six from my parents, two great aunts, and one by marriage.

When I got to college, my roommate's name was Amanda. She was the youngest of four, and had three older sisters.

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I'm the oldest of two. I have a younger sister. She's never been involved with the team but has showed up at some of our teams' fundraisers to support us.

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I am the oldest of 2. My sister turns 8 on Aug 2 and I turn 17 on Oct 6. Kinda a big split in age... it makes getting out of the house inconvenient since someone always has to watch her.