Furthermore, it does not apply strictly to the sole surviving son but also to all surviving sons.

According to Luke, a widow, who was living in Galilee, had lost her sole remaining son, and thus all she had to live for.

But they turned me down because I'm the sole surviving son - I didn't know they had some restrictions.

Born in 1923, Burnham was the sole son in a family that had three children.

Fritz was the sole surviving son, and the Army wanted to remove him from the combat zone as soon as possible.

Despite being the sole son in his family, he decided to serve in the Canadian Forces.

Grey was his father's sole surviving son but he was disallowed the marquessate.

That mightst have had the sole son of my queen!

He was the sole son born to a reporter and a police bureaucrat.

All but one of his sons were killed, and the sole surviving son was sent to Mongolia.