이번엔 딸? 12명의 아들 키우는 미국 슈완츠 집안 얘기 Boy or Girl? Family with 12 Sons Awaits Baby No. 13

 

Boy or Girl?

Family with 12 Sons Awaits Baby No. 13

 

All 12 of the Schwandt brothers

슈완츠 집안의 12형제가 미국 미시간주(州) 록퍼드에 있는 자택에서 단체사진 촬영을 위해 포즈를 취하고 있다.

 

이들의 부모인 제이 슈완트와 카테리 슈완트 부부는 지난 28일(현지시간)

현지 일간 그렌드레피드 프레스에 13번째 아기의 출산을 기다리고 있으며

딸을 낳으면 매우 놀랄 것이라고 밝혔다.

 

이 신문은 카테리 슈완트의 출산 예정일은 내년 5월9일이고 이들 부부는

천주교 가문 전통에 따라 아들인지 딸인지 먼저 알아보지 않을 것이라고 보도했다.

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By Associated Press
10/29/2014 AT 01:25 PM EDT

A western Michigan couple with 12 sons is expecting baby No. 13, and even though they're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl, they said they'd be shocked if their streak is broken.

 

Jay and Kateri Schwandt's baby is due May 9, The Grand Rapids Press reported. Even though they expect it will be another boy, the couple said they would welcome either into the family.

 

"If we were to have a girl, I think we would go into shock," Kateri Schwandt said. "It would probably be disbelief."

If he had a choice, Jay Schwandt said, he would love to have a girl, but they're just "hoping for a healthy baby." Still, he would like to see the effect of adding a girl to the mix in a household with 12 boys.

 

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"I've experienced all the boy stuff," he said. "As long as we are having all these children, it would be really neat to experience the other side."

 

The couple welcomed their twelfth son, Tucker, to the world on Aug. 4, 2013. Their oldest son is now 22 years old.

 

 
From left: Vinny, Tucker, Calvin, Wesley, Luke and Gabe Schwandt

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"The stuff that goes on in this house is all-boy – roughhousing and wrestling," Jay Schwandt said. "If there was a little girl in there, I assume it would be different."

 

Kateri Schwandt, after being the sole female in the family for more than two decades, said she would lean toward having one more boy.

 

"A little girl would be neat to have in the house, but a little boy kind of takes the pressure off," she said. "We know what we are doing. Why change things up?"

 

The Schwandts, who live in Rockford, which is north of Grand Rapids, consider themselves devout Roman Catholics and don't believe in using birth control. Kateri Schwandt comes from a family of 14 kids. She said she is feeling well.

"I love being pregnant," she said. "I've spent half of my life being pregnant. It's very neat and very special."

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