That was until his sister gave our son an electric train last Christmas.
Through e-mail, he learned that his sister had given birth.
Since then, he said, his sisters have been giving him a hard time.
Her sister grew up and in 1994 gave birth to a normal baby boy.
If a baby dies, your sister or aunt might give you her own.
It was the sort of reply a full sister might have given when she did not want to answer the question.
The sisters had never given her a chance to develop any.
The man's friend and his sister gave a sharply different account.
His sister, he knew, would give anything to have that thick fall of light gold hair.
Eddie's mother and sisters gave them money when they needed it.