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During WWII the saying was "All good pilots have girls." My father a very good B-24 bomber pilot and my mother had their first child in 1943, my older (and only) sister. After leaving the service, my father and mother had me, followed by three more boys. IT MUST BE TRUE!!!!! In the 1960's I read an article that, "claimed" to be based on an obscure scientific study, which stated that men who worked in high risk jobs or participated in "risk excercise" recreational activities fathered a higher percentage of girls. Staying true to this urban legend, in 1976 my wife and I had our first child and our only girl. 1980 saw the birth of our second child, a boy and 1983 saw the birth of our third, another boy. By then I had figured out what caused them and that put an end to that! During all of that time my occupation was the same - Special Agent for a Federal Government Agency. Recreational activites - were all "risk exercise" sports - Chinese Boxing, motorcyle riding/racing, scuba diving, shooting. I continued to believe the myth even though I couldn't explain why I had two boys! About two years ago I read another article which was extensively documented by numerous medical journal references, US and foreign, which came to the conclusion that their was no scientific basis for this claim. This made me feel much better and I decided not to put the boys up for adoption! Based on that I believe the whole thing is nothing more than an urban legend, but a fun one, none the less, and a great one to argue about! On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:12:23 +0000 "More McCormack" <morem@ma*.nr*.co*> writes: >So my wife and I had a little baby girl last week. A fellow diver >comes up to me and says, "so you had a girl right?" I say yes how >did you know. Well he says that he had read an article in the late >70's in which a study was done that showed that male divers who dive >regularly over a certain depth are more likely to father girls then >boys. Something to do with the x chromosone being made recessive >from diving. He really couldn't remember the details. > >Well I started to think about some of the guys that I dive with and I > >have yet to come up with one that has any sons! > >Now is this coincedence? Granted it is not 100% true I am sure but >has anyone read this article or am I getting my genes pulled? :) > > >More McCormack >Cadgraphics Division Manager >National Reprographics > >(212) 366-7139 >morem@nr*.co* >http://www.nrinet.com >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to >`techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to >`techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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