What is a fact or event in your life that seems to crazy to be true?
Posted Jul 11, 2021, 4:54 AM UTC
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I am one of two boys in my sibling line. No girls.
My father was one of three boys in his sibling line. No girls.
My grandfather was an only child, so, again, no girls.
Then we go to my great-grandfather... who was one of NINETEEN children. All boys, no girls.
As for my great-great grandfather, and anything beyond that, I have no idea. The trend might continue, or it might stop. I just don't know anything that old.
The odds of this happening by chance (assuming a 50/50 gender rate, which is technically not true, but I'm gonna use this because it makes the math easier) is 1 in 33,554,432. With nearly 8 billion people in the world, I suppose that means it has to happen to SOMEONE, and I just happen to be that someone.
What's even crazier is that we HAVE successfully conceived girls before, but none of them have survived to make it out of the womb. They're always miscarriages.
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I wonder if there are any infant deaths or illegitimacies which are unknowable at this point but technically would make your numbers meaningless? Maybe your genealogy records are very good, just a thought that often occurred to me as I would do my family tree.
Also isn't 1 in 33 million sort of good odds that someone else in 8 billion would have the same numbers or am I misinterpreting statistics somehow there?
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That’s nuts, especially since it’s the male that determines the sex of a child.
At least you know your family name is in no danger of dying out.
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that I am happy even with a girlfriend
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I hate that others find it hard to believe, I’m so glad that you are happy :)
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I'm 19. It messes with me as most ppl say I'm 25+ at work. So when ppl ask how old I am, it takes a second 17 ugh no 19. Damn time flies.
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I have the opposite problem. I'm 28, and people look at me and think I'm anywhere from 15 to 19.
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I'm the same 28 but people think I'm anything from 15 -19 the older I get the worse it is. Plus I'm short so that doesn't help. Most people treat me my age once they know but some still talk down to me like I'm a child
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I was one dead for about 15 minutes on an operating table after surviving a motorcycle accident that statistically kills 99% of the riders on impact
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Did you experience “go towards the light” or other popular descriptions?
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Nope. There was nothing. Besides the whole "saw a bright light thing" is the result of the brain essentially having a massive seizure as the neurons begin to frizzle out. I was in a hypothermic state to lower my brains need for oxygen while they stopped my heart and lungs to stitch my aorta back on.
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at different points in my life i've been a phd student at an ivy league university and an inmate in a maximum security penitentiary
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Wow! You probably have some crazy stories to tell.
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that's an understatement :)
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I am directly related to the house of Middlesex (former british royal family), the house of Flanders, the Welsh royal family, and a welsh/nordic warchief by the name of Raglan.
there is a town in wales named after Raglan.
the current british royal family (the westminster) pushed my family out of power, and they came to america to escape the westminsters.
the welsh royal family disbanded after a while due to being absorbed by the UK.
I also have relatives who came to America in the late 1600s, and some of which founded what is today Philadelphia.
I am also confirmed related to Daniel Boone, as some of my great grandparents are his kids.
I am also partly related to the Hatfields, from the famous Hatfield and McCoy rivalry.
we are not welcome in Pike County due to a land dispute following the passing of an aunt raised by my great grandmother, which saw us exiled under threat of being killed.
I have relatives who have fought in every war the US has ever been involved in, with several dying during said war but having children to remember them.
my grandfather was involved in the development of the AH-1 Huey Cobra, and worked alongside the guy who would go on to design the V22 Osprey VTOL aircraft.
I have several dozen relatives who went on to be politicians of various importance, as well as various levels of miltiary rank, as well roughly 12 being involved in mercenary work at varying points through history, with the most notable being active in south america during the banana wars, as well as being hired for security work in africa and asia.
in short: my family is about as involved in history as one family can be, and has enough people to make movies about for a decade's worth of films.
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In 1994, I I babysat the son of Russian spies while living in Arlington, VA. Son was around 5yrs old, and one of my best friends lived next door. We would watch him together, and they paid us well so we didn’t lose any money.
Woke up one morning and they were all over the news stations. These people had others KILLED, while we played Chutes and Ladders with their son.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-23-mn-26167-story.html%3f_amp=true