The arrival of Nell Mc Mahon and my remark to her parents that I had lined up a future client started me thinking about the future clients which my brothers and sisters have lined up for me .
In fact there is a small army out there.

My parents, John and Frances Dwyer, married in 1939 and produced seven children, starting with my sister Deirdre in 1940 and ending with me in 1949.

My brother George married in 1965 , produced their first Grandchild, John, in 1966 and then we all followed suit and produced babies , ending with my brother Davids second son, Stephen born in 1987.
A total of thirty if my sums are right.

That generation have made a valiant effort to increase the population also.
I calculate that Little Nell will be the forty fifth Great Grandchild to John and Frances.

Or to put it into numbers : 7 + 30 + 45 = 82

They say that one of man’s most basic instincts is to insure the survival of his genes.

Eighty Two people later I would say that my Mother and Father have succeeded in doing that, and with a good safety margin.
It is only a pity they aren’t around to see it.