[TML] Descendants (was: Kinorb)

[Garry Ward]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans Henrik Rancke-Madsen" <rancke at diku.dk>
To: <tml at travellercentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: [TML] Descendants (was: Kinorb)


> Jerry W Barrington writes:
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>>Remember too that most people want to have *some* family to pass on name,
>>property, traditions, etc. to.  In a low-tech setting, you have to have
>>more children to hope some make it to adulthood.  In modern times, 1
>>child, or at worst 1 son, is all you really need.
>
> If you want any grandchildren, it's a good idea if some of you have
> daughters.

Hence an issue the Chinese may face with the fact that over the last couple 
of decades under their family planning rules, families often abort female 
children until they get the son which represents the only child they were 
allowed to have.

Garry
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> Hans
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