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23 April 2024

Medically impossible to have girl: Dad of 13 sons

Kateri, and her husband Jay Schwandt, now have 13 children, all boys. They are still deciding on a name for the baby. (AP)

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A Michigan man whose 13th son was just born says he's convinced that "medically, it's just not possible" for him and his wife to produce a daughter.

He also says it's proving a challenge to agree on a name for their newborn.

Forty-year-old Jay Schwandt tells The Grand Rapids Press the boy born Wednesday is the second he and wife Kateri have had who arrived with a full head of hair.

(AP)

The baby and 40-year-old mother are doing well at Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. He's 22 inches and weighs 8 pounds, 9 ounces.

The father determines a child's sex. Newcastle University researcher Corry Gellatly's 2008 study says four centuries of genealogical information shows some men may be genetically prone to having more sons or daughters.

(AP)