“I wish you were dead!”

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If you welcome your newest addition to your family with open arms, one of your children turns out to be completely unable to get through a door with his new brother or sister.

Cindy (36), mother of Mert (10), Selin (8), Erva (6) and Imran (1).

“My Turkish in-laws were over the moon with Imran, the second grandson/nephew in the family. My husband’s brothers all have daughters and now after almost ten years I finally gave birth to a desired boy again. That was celebrated, and how. Lots of gifts, sweets, money and visitors.

“He thought all that worship was a bit too much of a good thing”

Mert – after two months of almost non-stop maternity visits for his baby brother – thought all that adoration was a bit too much of a good thing. He was very fond of the little one, but apparently, as an acclaimed heir for many years, he was jealous of the attention for this competitor. At Imran’s circumcision feast, with the whole room full of family, Mert bent over Imran’s cradle and sang at the top of his voice, ‘Hocus Pocus Pilate Pas, I wish you were dead!’”

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Babies on offer

Ayse (39), mother of Moïse (1).

“I became a mother late, but if I wanted I could have had dozens of babies. At least, if I had accepted the generous gesture of all the brothers and sisters in the families where I gave birth. Every time my day as a maternity nurse was over and I went home, a child would come and offer his or her newborn brother or sister for free. ‘Just take it with you!’”