How many siblings do you have?

[Karma]

I have one brother, and two half brothers, somewhere. I've been looking for them most of my life, but in secret, because my dad (their father) is terrified that they think he abandoned them, when his mom basically told him to never contact them again.  I hope someday I'll find them! they changed their last name though, so going off of first names and dates of birth aren't working 

[Rainbowrific Renia]

Then the worst possible thing a teacher could tell a child "Well they don't really count as brothers and sisters" how awful. my older sister was always very bitter toward me and I can't help but wonder if she was told the same thing as a child and maybe grew up thinking that and maybe that was why she was kind of mean to me. :/

I think your family is who you think your family is, full, half, adopted, honorary, friends, family is family.

That's horrible!

I remember once, during a time when I was very very angry, I said to my little brother and sister that we weren't really siblings because their father wasn't my father.  I was extremely bitter at the time, knowing that I'd never grow up with a father like they did and it hurt me to know that.  My step-dad (their dad) always treated me like his own though, so I had no reason to be angry or upset.  So, as far as I'm concerned, the both of them are my full brother and sister!

I totally agree with you though!  My besties are my sisters and brothers too.  They say you can't choose your family, but I beg to differ. 

[Galactica]

Wow, Stomper and Bluerose- that would be crazy finding out after so long that you have siblings out there!

I have two sisters...

[cassstorm]

that's actually an odd question for me too, growing up I would have said 1, my half neither that lived with me. he was 10 years older..the one that died this spring 
 but i also have an older half brother and sister that live in Iowa, and a younger full brother who was given up for adoption at birth, and now that my dad has remarried i guess i have to claim  a stepsister as well? so uh... not sure how to count all that lol, i guess in my heart i would say none, the only one that ccounted  is gone 

[SilverHorsey]

I am lucky to be the only child 

[Harmonie]

I have one older sister, she's six years older than me. Like a couple of others here, I would have had another. She would have been born before my oldest sister. So clearly I wasn't around, but it breaks my heart so much thinking about it.

[ashes]

I have one older brother by three years.  But my husband has four sisters!  Three older, one younger.  And there is a 20-year difference between the oldest and youngest. 

[True]

One sister here, and we get along much better at a distance xD.

[ponies4me]

I have four brothers that are 15+ years older than I am. Eldest brother is 23 years older than I am.

[dashesndots]

I voted for one when I should have voted for 5...

I have a stepsister who I am close with (who I counted), but also 4 other half-siblings (1 girl with one woman and 3, twin boys and a girl with another) by my biological father.  I don't know them, just know of them. 

[Rhubarbpie]

I put 2. I have a younger sister (2.5 years younger) who I have a tentative relationship with.  And I have a younger step-brother

[mlp_loving]

I have 2 siblings. I'm the oldest at 23. I have a 20 year old sister and a 16 year old brother.

[Aienhime]

None I never wanted one when I was small either, getting a younger sibling used to be my biggest fear, lol! I didn't want to share my parents

Now that I'm older I wish I had a sibling, though...

[Sunset]

That's a complicated question.  It depends on who you want to count. For the first 14 years of my life, I only had one.  Then I gained 3 steps who did live with us through the rest of school.  I also had three other steps on the other side, but they were much older and never lived with us.  What's more, both my dad and stepmom have since died and I'm not really in contact with her children for the most part.

I ended up picking 4 as the number.

[shimmlight]

I was an only child until I was nearly 13, but I have two younger half siblings now who are 1 and 5