Siblings Day

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National Siblings Day Facts & Quotes

• According to the Guinness World Records, officially, the most children birthed by one mother is 69.
• The most siblings with same birthday are 5. All 5 were born on the 20th of February in 1952, 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1966. The odds of this occurring are one in nearly 18 billion.
• In China there was a one-child policy until 2015, which means it restricted urban families to having only one child. For 35 years, it was illegal to have siblings in China.
• The highest rate of non-marital childbearing occurs in Latin America (55-74%)
• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest family in the world is the Tweed family. The 7 brothers and 5 sisters vary in age from 76 to 96 for a combined age of 1020.
• If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings. – Deepak Chopra, Indian author

National Siblings Day Top Events and Things to Do

• Watch a movie about the importance of siblings and family such as Little Women (1994) , Lilo and Stitch (2002), Elf (2003), Finding Nemo (2003), The Chronicles of Narnia (2005), or The Good Dinosaur (2015).
• Post a picture or a memory of you and your siblings on social media and tag all of your siblings. Write a caption that recalls a fond memory between all of you.
• Attend the National Sibling Leadership conference in Louisville, Kentucky. This will help directly support National Siblings Day and hopefully one day make it a nationally-recognized holiday.
• Use the hashtags #NationalSiblingsDay, #NSD or #brotherssisters on social media to help spread awareness.
• Gather with your siblings, take an old photo album and recreate your childhood photos as adults. Give the finished photos as a gift to your parents.

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