Genetics

[Lozzles]

Yes, I'm the only girl I am number 3 in the line up Martin, Kevin, Me, Dominic, Peter and Philip

That's Kevin, Peter and Philip in the picture. Martin lives in Germany and Dominic lives in New Zealand. We are very close, but don't see each other that often...if you know what I mean. We love each other to bits

[Kaz]

How lovely to have all of those brothers!!! I so wanted a brother when I was little - I nearly got one but he died at birth - so I had to 'make do' with my little cousin Richard, Aunty R's boy, who spent so much time at our house he was like a surrogate brother really He was my 'little' cousin as he is 7 years younger than me but he is actually a huge big bear of a fella, with red hair, who has just become a grandfather

Great you all get on so well too Loz, I am close to my sister too

[Ally]

I would have loved a brother when I was young as I was such a tomboy and Michele (my sis) was so girly didn't want to play footy with me or get into rufty tufty games.

She'd see me coming home all dirtied up and covered in bruises and scratches whilst she somehow always managed to stay clean.

It's lovely Loz that you're close to all your brothers - no matter that you don't live near each other.

[Lozzles]

We had lots of fun together and didn't fall out too much. In the 70's of course things we could just go off exploring for the day, which we did. Just get home for teatime I was a girly girl and the only one to have a bedroom to myself, but I would also join in their games, including 'war' and 'Best Man Dead'

I remember crying when my youngest brother was born because I was desperate for a sister Then I was happy with the boys, but now, at this age it would be lovely to have a sister I think.

[Kaz]

I would have loved a brother when I was young as I was such a tomboy and Michele (my sis) was so girly didn't want to play footy with me or get into rufty tufty games.

Ditto

Loz it is nice to have a sister, lovely in fact, but my goodness all those brothers!

[meriad]

I do have one sister and three brothers, but there is a 7 year age gap between my sister and I (she's the eldest and I'm nr 4) so we never really had much in common growing up. But now - she's a sister and a good friend.

[JoM]

I always wanted a brother too. My sister is 11 years older and we're chalk and cheese. She did ballet, played several musical instruments, knitted, sewed, listened to classical music. I ran around with the boys, scrambled down hills on my bike, was always muddy, loved football and listened to punk when still at junior school

There was Rob though. He's 17 days older than me and is the son of my Mom's friend and they always lived by us, even after we moved from opposite them they moved to a house three doors away shortly afterwards. He was never a rough and tumble boy though. He'd watch when we scrambled down the hills. He hated mud, getting dirty upset him, and when we went to the beach he was always carried on and positoned on a towel and he hated sand - his wife jokes that she still has to do the same now He was always immaculate and I was like that Peanuts character, Pigpen, who walked around surrounded by a cloud of dust. He's the closest I've got to a brother though and his wife is very tomboyish and I love them both to bits, they're Joe's Godparents.

[Kaz]

Pigpen! I remember him Jo, Harry used to hate the feel of grass, if you sat him on it he would lift his legs up in front of him so just his clothed bottom touched it

[Ally]

Picture the scene at the beach.

Mum and dad set up the wind breaker, picnic etc.

I'm running Linford Christie like to the water's edge.

And Michele is trying to avoid all the wee wormy holes on the sand.

It used to take her hours to walk 5 yards.

To this day she detests sand.

(She'd kill me if she knew I'd told you this.)

[Kaz]