After the baby girl was born, a large billboard with her image was erected on the side of the road to celebrate the family’s “miracle”.
According to Fox News, 38-year-old Will Settle and 36-year-old wife Kelen live in Carolina, USA, have just given birth to a baby girl named Carter Louise Settle . This special event ended the “family curse” when for more than a century the family had all sons. However, until now, scientists and medical circles are still looking for an answer to the question “why this family has only given birth to boys for more than 100 years”.
The first girl in the family in 137 years. (Photo: WH).
Everyone in the family was touched and excited. The father’s colleagues set up a billboard right by the big road to celebrate. The billboard is 3.6m high and 7.3m wide with a pink background, featuring a baby girl with the words: “Welcome to this world, Carter Louise Settle”.
A sign congratulating baby girl Carter is placed right on the main road. (Photo: HW)
Before giving birth to Carter, Will Settle had a son with his ex-wife. He thought he would continue to give birth to a baby boy like the rest of his family. By the time the girl was born by her second wife, Will Settle’s family was bursting with joy.
“Actually I was shocked, I thought there was going to be another boy. My mother always wanted a granddaughter and she was overjoyed when she received this good news,” Will said. The young father humorously said that he wanted his daughter to be strong to deal with all the men in the family, so he chose the name Carter.
The Settles gave birth to a son for 137 years. (Photo: HW).
In humans, the sex of the fetus depends on the sperm. The reason is that a woman’s egg contains only one X chromosome, while a man’s sperm contains an X or a Y chromosome. In which, sperm containing an X chromosome meets an egg with an X chromosome. conceive a girl. A sperm containing a Y chromosome meets an egg with an X chromosome, resulting in a boy. Thus, a child’s sex is determined at the time of insemination.
Methods of guiding the diet, monitoring the mother’s menstrual cycle, choosing the time of conception… in the hope that the child’s sex will be born as desired, actually have an unclear effect and has not been scientifically proven. In most cases, the odds of having a boy or a girl are 50-50. This makes the story of the Settle family giving birth to all boys for more than a century even more mysterious to medicine.