What is the chance of having a left handed child?
This article was written by Keith Milsom, then owner of Anything Left-Handed, in response to lots of questions from Left Handers Club members.About 10% of the world's population are left-handed and it seems that left-handedness runs in families, with the handedness of the mother being an important factor. So what are the chances of having a left-handed child?
Various studies have shown that around 10% of the world's population are naturally left-handed and that this seems to be a fairly consistent figure over a long period of time and in all countries and cultures. The way left-handedness is measured and the fact that many cultures deliberately suppress left-handedness complicate the picture, but left-handedness seems to stay at about that level anyway. More recent studies among children show a higher level, may be increasing.
It also seems to run in families, although no gene for left-handedness has been isolated and it is not possible to predict left-handedness in the same way as, say, eye colour. What we do know is that the more left-handers you have in the family, the more chance of having left-handed children. The probabilities of various left-right parent combinations having a left-handed child vary quite a lot depending on which research you look at.
Dr Chris McManus reported in his book Right Hand, Left Hand on a study he had done based on a review of scientific literature which showed parent handedness for 70,000 children. On average, the chances of two right-handed parents having a left-handed child were around 9% left-handed children, two left-handed parents around 26% and one left and one right-handed parent around 19%.
In The Left-Handers Handbook, Diane Paul repeated this and also noted that Left-handed mothers are more likely to have left-handed children than left-handed fathers. This was based on research done by Stanley Coren for his book The Left Hander Syndrome, where he showed the chances of two right-handed parents having a left-handed child were around 10%, a right-handed mother and left-handed father the same, 10%, left-handed mother and right-handed father 20% and two left-handed parents 35%.
A large survey carried out by Anything Left-Handed showed that only 1.4% of left-handers who responded had two left-handed parent, 24% had one left-handed parent and 75% had two right-handed parents.
Are all these numbers consistent with each other?
If those percentages are true, would the level of left-handedness in the population as a whole stay at a consistent level?
I have produced a model that calculates the mix of handedness in parents and then multiples by the assumed probabilities for each mix having left-handed children to calculate the total number of left-handed children and their percentage of the population. For example, if 10% of the population is left-handed, only 1% of all couples will be made up of two left-handers (like me an my wife, but there is a theory that left-handers attract each other which would distort this, but that is for another article!).
Putting Chris McManus's percentages into the model shows an increase from 10% to 11.5% in the level of left-handedness in the population in one generation and if that continued for very long left-handers would no longer be in the minority! Stanley Coren's figures, although quite different, also give an increase in left-handedness to 11.2% and neither of them give a match to the figures from the Anything Left-Handed survey. Most significantly, the number of left-handed children with two left-handed parents is 2.3% for McManus and 3.1% for Coren. To get down to the level of only 1.4% found in the Anything Left-Handed survey, the chances of two left-handed parents having a left-handed child need to be reduced to around 14% - much closer to the other parent mixes.
Juggling the figures to get the best match to all these results, plus also keeping the level of left-handedness stable at around 10%, these probabilities of having a left-handed child seem to fit:
Two right handed parents, 9%
Left handed father, 12%
Left handed mother, 16%
Two left handed parents, 20%
There are many more variables that affect these figures and one study showed that left-handers have less children on average that right handers. This is meant to be a guide rather than a scientific conclusion.
However, whichever set of assumptions you use, some interesting figures come out:
- More than 50% of left-handers do not know of any other left-hander anywhere in their living family.
- Around 75% of left-handers have two right-handed parents and only 2% have two left-handed parents.
- Between 7 and 8 out of 10 children born to two left handed parents will be right handed.
Of course, the chances of having a left-hander in the family increase the more children you have. So there is still hope for right-handed parents - if you have enough children, you may still be lucky enough to have a left-hander!
Chances of having multiple left-handed children
To get the chance of having a number of left- habded cgildren in a rown, just multiply the appropriate probability by itself. This question we recived gives and example:
Q - I have a question about the dynamics of my family. I am left-handed, and my husband is right-handed. We have four children, 3 of whom are left-handed. The jury’s still out on our 4th, as she is only 4 months old. She does have a counter-clockwise hair whorl, which I hear may be correlated with handedness. Anyway, I was curious what the odds are of having 3 children in a row who are left-handed? I can’t seem to find the statistics anywhere, but I know it must not be common.
A - Well, according to my article, the chance of a left handed woman and right handed man having a left handed child is 16% (.16) or about 1 in 6. To get the probablity of having three left handed children in a row you just multiply that by itself, i.e. .16 x .16 x .16 = .004 (0.4% or about 1 in 250). If the fourth child is also left handed that would be a probability of 1 in 1,700.
Keith's model of left-handedness
This is my Excel sheet used for calculating left-handed probabilities. I must state again that this is only a layman's analysis - if there are any statisticians out there who can improve on this please let me know.
Click here to download the actual Excel workbook if you would like to play with the numbers yourself
Comments 345
My Dad was a left-handed only child born to two right-handed parents. He was very strongly left-handed with low ambidextrous tendencies. (He did eat using a knife and fork right-handed, and when using only a knife, fork or spoon, used his left hand)
My Mum was the only left-handed child with seven siblings. As one child was stillborn (a twin - that would be another interesting study) and another died quite young, we don't know their "handedness" She was more ambidextrous and ate left-handed in the same way my Dad did.
I'm one of two left-handed children. I'm more ambidextrous and eat the same way as my parents, whereas my brother eats right-handed.
My two daughter's paternal grandfather is left-handed. Their right-handed father has ambidextrous tendencies.
Both of our children are right-handed with ambidextrous tendencies and both eat left-handed. They both showed signs early on of being left-handed, however this later changed and I wonder if at daycare, they were encouraged to use the right? (Even subconsciously)
My brother has three sons with a right-handed mother, the first two are right-handed, the third is too young to tell. I'm unsure of ambidextrous tendencies in them.
Simply given my family history and dynamic, I'm convinced there must be a genetic disposition towards handedness.
Do you think this is a concern for me? I have always felt the oldest and acted the oldest despite being the youngest
My wife & I are also both RH with both of our children being LH. The only difference is that I was never forced to be RH but naturally also do a lot of things LH even some things the same with both hands and always wondered if that had something to do with it. My son, the younger one, also shows tendencies of having those same traits but has ended up being LH. It did seem strange to me hence why I have tried to see what the chances of this occurrence would be but can’t find any definitive information for accuracy of results! Wondering if you may have come across the same?
I remember a farmer who bred black Galloway cattle who said now and then he got a Belted Galloway calf, DNA or genes or whatever causes it from previous generations being passed on.
This has to be rare, right?
Our mom & dad are both right-handed.
i use to be a righty one week ago and now i wright with my left hand?
but it was actually pretty easy. I didnt even try, i dont know how iy happened.
My explanation? Mum and dad were born in the UK and migrated to New Zealand before were were born. We were thus born upside down so came out left handed. OUR children were born up the same way as us, so were used to it and therefore born normal and came out as right handers.
We three boys are the only three lefties in an extended family of hundreds. We are also the only three born up the other way to our parents. Prove my theory wrong!!
Both my hubby and I are RH, and BOTH our children are LH....what are the odds?
Every child left from 2 right handed parents
This means that there are more left-handed people being born now than a few decades ago, because women tend to start a family later due to careers being priority when they leave school.
The way to determine whether someone is left-handed is to make them clap their hands. If the left hand is clapped into the right, they are a lefty, even if they were taught / forced to write with the right hand.
Four girls and four boys. The four boys and one sister were left-handed. Three sisters were right-handed. Quite unusual.
Keith
I am the only left hander in my family. How is this possible, if the right handed gene is dominant?
I married a right handed and my two children are right handed as well. However, both are left kickers.
I am ambidextrous - can write with either hand, and do a variety of things comfortably with either hand - and some things, although few, with only r or with only l.
Is there a club / website for me?
Not sure if I have replied to this before, so I will have a go.
Father & Mother both RH, Sister RH,I'm LH.
Sister Married a RH.5 Sons,2 LH.
Regards,
Lewis.
I guess that theory about left-handers attract each other is true xD because both of my mom and dad are left handed which turns out that my brother and I are left handed.
A few years ago at Christmas around the table were sat 10 people My self, My mother, My Youngest Son My Nephew and My Cousin All Lefties. My Husband My Two oldest Children My Sister and My Niece all right handed.
50%
This is by no means all my family which is quite large and I'm sure if we got them all together the percentage would be diffierent having said that there has always been plenty of lefthanders in my maternal family tree
My husband is also right handed but we have 2 left handed (non identifical) twins and I am curious if any research looks at handness and multiple birth. Are the chances of this the same as the chances of 2x singletons being left handed (in our case 2x9%)or are non identifical twins more likely to display the same handedness as each other. Do you know if multiples also more likely to be left handed?
Although right-handed, my husband has strong left-hand genes, as his father is left-handed and he himself does some things left.
Imagine my disappointment then when both my children turned out to be right-handed. Albeit with some left-handed tendencies.
Good article, interesting it has remained so consist over the ages
I married a right-handed man who has twin sisters, one of whom is a leftie. Our son showed a little confusion when he first picked up a pencil but turned out using his right. However, when he was about six, he fell and broke his right arm which was in plaster for four weeks during which time he used his left to write with. His teacher commented it was no worse than most boys writing with their naturally right hand.
So writing isn't a problem - it's all these other little things in this right sided world that sometimes aggravate. On the fun side though, my kitchen clock is a 'backward' one, which seems perfectly natural to me, but infuriates the hell out of my husband who just cannot get to grips with it.
My comment is that I remember from high school days my advanced biology professor, Dr. Page from Dartmouth College, wrote his thesis
on identical twins and how he believed they began in the womb as one left and one right handed.I wish I remembered more than that. Have you ever seen research on that subject? ( My mother almost fainted to think I might have started out as a twin.)
As an adult, I returned to some left-handed preferences. But, because of my being criticisms as a child, I have learned to be ambidextrous, but I still think Left-Handed. Since learning that there is a special day to celebrate being left- handed, I have proclaimed each August 13th and even have had a party to celebrate with my left-handed friends!
I do have a question? Has anyone found if left hand preference is generational or a sign of rebellious behavior?
Thank you for your time.
Mike Poisson
A Proud Left-Hander
I'm no expert by any means on this, which is why I'm seeking outside council for this theory.
Thanks!
I just want to say I'm proud to be left hand I would love to have a left hand child some day. I am the only lefted person in my family and I am happy my parents supported me when I was growing up. It was tough as I am mixed raced and spent most part of my young years in africa. Being Lefted handed was a taboo and its still frowned upon by most Africans. Really nice to have such a group as this..
My husband and I are both left-handed and our daughter is right-handed. My left-handed brother and his right-handed wife have 2 children - both left handed.
I think my family is doing it's bit to shift the balance, a little.
How common is it?
There father tried to switch them to right handed...didn't work
My sister has 3 children with 1 being left handed.
My grandmother was left handed, my dad was forced to use his right in school, and i'm left handed.
My Wife's Father is left handed, her brother is left handed and she is right handed.
Our Daughter is left handed.
i think the odds our upcoming twins one is bound to be left handed.
tried to force him to write right handed. My mother ended up having to go to the school and notified the principal that we were left handed and to stop instructing us otherwise. To me it would seem so natural to write from right to left. Thanks, again, fellow leftie..So proud to be a leftie..
Lol, thanks for an interesting post. Proud leftie mom, married to a leftie which so far resulted in two lefthanded kids, and oh, let's not forget my lefthanded mother in law!
Both my husband and myself are left handers, we have 2 children a girl and a boy, who again are both left handers. My husband and I are the only 2 lefties in our main family, no brothers, sisters, mum or dad were lefties.
What is the percentage of us all being left handed in the same house.
Thank you
and my sons are both left-handed. Research you reference suggests that much of this has to do with the mother, what do you think that suggests about the dynamics of the mothers genes?
Thanks.
I have an 18 month old son who at the moment uses both hands, I think he may prefer his left slightly but that may just be wishful thinking! His biological fathers father is left handed also so I'm really intrigued to find out what he may be! I'm hoping a lefty like me!
My husbant and I, our parents and siblings are all righthanded. We have no supressed lefties in our families but only 2 lefthanded cousins (one each). We have 2 daughters both lefthanded. Our 1st cannot do anything with her right hand. The 2nd seems to cut with the scissors using her right so I thought maybe she was copying her sister. So, I tried to give her things to her right hand and asked her to write some letters using the right. No good. She is a leftie but can also use the right hand for some things. Both are very artistic!!!
Since I am righthanded, I try to learn as much as I can for lefthanders to help my daughters survive in a word built only for righthanded people.
The site, article and Comments are very helpfull! Keep up the good work!
Aphrodite from Greece
PS. It was so difficult for me to teach them how to tie their laces...
Sydney. Aus.
My youngest damaged his right thumb just before his 2nd birthday, smashing it at the base. So I thought a left hander for sure. He was very determined to be right handed, using his left hand only when his right hand was sore. So proving the bone doctor who said he would never be able to use his right thumb properly. He was 6 before he stopped using his left hand as a back up. I was told this would be normal for an adult but a child would normally go with the un damaged hand.
I just kind of "work around" things. I'll flip a side spiral notebook the wrong way to write sometimes. But when the top spiral notebooks became available, I would use them almost exclusively. One pharmacy I worked in as a pharmacy technician, 1 of the 2 pharmacists were left handed, and one of the other techs was left handed. One pharmacy I worked in as a pharmacist, both pharmacists were left-handed and about 1/3 of the rest of the pharmacy staff were left-handed. Go figure.
From my observations as a teacher (of both special education and mainstream students) and limited research on this topic, I have found that students with "learning differences" are disproportionately left-handed males. I have also found that left-handed males are disproportionately represented among the highly gifted students as well. Left-handed females tend to mirror the results of all students while the males are more likely to be at the extremes and less likely to be typical students.
To me, this says that there are likely multiple factors that result in handedness or lateral dominance. One of these factors is genetics (and most females are genetically left-handed, thus passing on these genes to their offspring is more likely. However, left-handed male become left-handed genetically and for other reasons (unknown to me). These other reasons may be environment, chemical, or something else. However, it seems to cause "brain damage" which alters learning and brain functioning. These alterations sometimes limit the individual's abilities and other times enhance these abilities, resulting in more damages left-handed male students and more gifted left-handed learners.
Interesting note: identical twins are more often opposite-handed than any other siblings pairs. In other words, the chances that any 2 siblings, or any two people in general, do not have the same lateral dominance is lower than the chances for identical twins who have identical genes to not have identical handedness.
I would love to discuss this topic with anyone who is interested and would like to research this formally. My email is redyrob@yahoo.com
Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks so much!
My name is Tracy,I live in Johannesbug,South Africa.
I own a company called Lefthand Learning.I do workshops to educate,and have stationery available for the lefty's.
I would like to order a couple of goods from you,and have it delivered to my friend who stays in Woking(Surrey)(this will save costs).She is coming out to us in July and could bring it with her.
Just a question about your grips...do they come in containers of 20?Or how do you package them?
Thank you
we have three children together and two out of my three are left-handed. Can you tell me is that something rare or is that a common thing with two right-handed parents.I can say this my kids doctor thought that it was odd and when I was pregnant with my third child she ask me to keep and eye out to see if he would be left-handed because shewanted to write an article about it in a medical book. But he is right-handed but she still think it is odd that we have the two-left handers. Can someone let me know?
THANK-YOU
MZ. JANARA JENKINS
How weird is that
I have a lefty 12 yr old, a lefty 9 yr old, a lefty 3 yr old and my 6 month old baby favours and has more co-ordination with his left hand.
Starting to think it is unsual :)
still remember 2nd grade art projects, 1965 or 6, back in Huntington,
NY public school. 8 kiddies desks pushed together to share crayons,
colored construction paper, that (yummy?) paste and a tray of red or
green handled scissors. I remember trying to operate the green pair(L),
not for a lack of red(R) scissors which I had mastered in kindergarten! I
tried them several clumsy times that year,risking the ridicule of those
mean paste-eating babies at my table, (all (R)s), because I wished I
could be green(L), rare and acknowledged as such. Miss Bell had told us
of her own second grade scissor struggles which happened during or
because of WWII, when all scissors were red(R). It sounded awful enough,
for we all loved her so: but when she further explained that all of the
scissors at that "private" school, St. Joseph's, were still only
red(R), causing unknown pain and suffering to children we all knew from
the neighborhood and catechism classes, it scared the (R) out of me Miss
Bell didn't even know she had "Left-Handedness" until she entered
school at age 6. But she got so sick of or from it, she had to stay
home. I guess her Mom also "Had" left handedness,and probably green
scissors.. Miss Bell became a teacher, committed to help each child, (R)
or (L), black or white, catechism classes or hebrew school bus.
We saw spot run, run spot run, stopped eating paste, earned gold stars, then moved on. the next left handed angel I guess was Jimi Hendrix. came down from heaven yesterday then he was gone. Finally in 1988, my perfectly left handed daughter arrived.
Our two and a half decades together have been continuously enhanced by her (L). I don't get it, but I do love every (L) thing about her mind, abilities, inabilities! Thank you miss bell , i finally get (L).3
youngest. I have two older brothers and they are both right handed, but I am left handed and actually
ambidextrous. I find it fascinating that even though both of my parents are right handed and so are my
brothers, I happened to be ambidextrous, my dominant hand being my left. Even though I'm ambidextrous
I rarely ever write with my right hand. Writing with my left is just a habit and I'd rather write with my left
hand anyway, but if my hand gets tired or something, it's nice to have that level up. I do however find myself
doing household task but mostly sports right handed because it feels more comfortable. Weird right?
Well you know what they say, three's a charm!
I on the other hand am left-handed.
How I've learned to cook, eat, and write in annoying spiral notebooks with my left hand without any other "lefty companion" growing up is still impressive to me.
But the most interesting thing is that so many write here of having many siblings, both left-handed and right-handed.
I am an only child.
I find it amazing to be both an only child and left-handed.
What are the odds?
I'm a leftie and I love it :) my dad was a leftie but forced to write with his right, my dad was also adopted so I have no idea who else was left on his side but do know that my maternal grandad was left handed. My husband is right handed, his mum left and dad right. Our eldest is left, the next 2 right and still not sure about our 4th!!
My father was left-handed.
I believe that left-handedness is dominant over right-handed, but for years and years left-handed children were made to be right-handed in school. Many suffered speech problems because of it.
birthday in march same as me
and fair hair well was naturally brown now slightly silver and mine well umm
my mum and brother on the other hand are both right handed
both birthdays in november and both natural dark haired
our family of 4 are spilt right down the middle
My husband is right handed, I am left. We have 4 daughters the eldest is right handed the two in the middle are left and the youngest I am afraid to say has turned out right handed. So we have 3 left and 3 right in our household.
I'm proud to be a lefty x
mom: right , her parents both right handed, she has five brothers and one was a lefty
dad: right, his parents both right handed, he had two sisters and both were righties
Siblings:
brother: right and left
brother: right
me: left
sister: right
sister: right
sister: right
sister: right
sister: right
brother: left
sister: right
brother: right
brother: left
sister: right
brother: right
sister: right
sister: right
my husband: supposed to be a lefty, his father discouraged him on a daily basis in different ways to not use his left hand. He is both handed now, his parents were both right handed
our children:
daughter: right
son: right
son: left
My mother was born left handed but was forced to write with her right hand in school so now uses her right hand to write
My father is right handed
I have 4 brother who are all right handed, I am the only girl.
I married a left handed person
My son is left handed
My daughter is right handed.
Some facts about my family
mum - right handed
dad - right handed
sister - right handed
me - left handed
brother - right handed
my son - left handed
as far as i'm aware, everyone on my dad's side of the family are all right handed. and my son's dad is also right handed. i also think certain other traits get passed down. both me and my son's dad dislike tomatoes, as does my son.
as for being left handed, i love it. i mostly do everything left handed, though strangely enough, i can't use left handed scissors in my left hand. i have a pair, but i don't use them much, and not for cutting out. i use right handed scissors in my left hand.
Oldest brother and wife righties - 2 children - no lefties
Myself (lefty) my partners (righties) - 2 children - son lefty
Sister and husband righties - 4 children - daughter lefty
Other sister and husband righties - 3 daughters - one lefty
Little brother (lefty) and partner righty - son lefty
Although it is fun to have lots of lefties in the family it does get annoying at times because we know it all and we talk alot.
Thanks for the opportunity to share our similarities and I love the whole left handed thingy...
WHATS THE MOST LEFT HANDED SIBLINGS THERES EVER BEEN?!
my grandmother was left handed
my mother is left handed
my mums sister (my aunt) is left handed
my aunts daughter (my cousin) is left handed
and i am left handed
however my two brothers are right handed as is my male cousin
do you think this is co-incidence? or do you think this is something that will continue to run through the females of our family. cant wait to see when i have a daughter of my own if she will be a lefty too!
James
I wonder what are the odds to have to left handed children?
I find it interesting in the article is says that lefty's attract eachother. That is soo true! I have sooo many friends that are left handed!
I find lefty's notice things that right handed people don't notice. Like when you see someone on the bus using their cellphone, I usually notice what hand it is in. Or when I see someone writing the first thing I notice is what hand they are using. And when I'm walking with a crowd of people up the stairs at the subway station, it is easy to notice people who are left-footed!
I wish I knew the 'handedness' of my grandparents, as I think it would be interesting to see how it has passed through the generations.
I think that growing up in a predominantly left-oriented home caused me to feel very natural about it. I only really noticed anything when commented upon by my peers at school or out in the world.
Actually, I'm more ambidexterous, and writing is the only thing I do exclusively left-handed.
So happy to have found this site and all of it's interesting information!
Thank you, Ali :)
Bill Bryson the writer is a famous lefty. He found it awkward when growing up, being expected to transfer his fork to his right hand to eat. He became an Anglophile, after moving to England and finding he was in a country where 'eating left-handed' was normal.
i find your comment offensive!!! there is totally nothing bad about left handed people!!!
What's strange about my husband and my's situation is that he and his two brothers all married women that were left-handed! We're all dead weight at mealtime at the parents' home, between the peelers, knives, and the dreaded tin opener. My husband is American and my father-in-law told me he'd better get at least one good 'southpaw' baseball pitcher from the three of us daughters-in-laws! (Evidently, they have an advantage!)
I have read all sorts of reasons as to why a person is left-handed, one being that very, very early on in development, we lefties had a twin that was reabsorbed. The thinking behind this is that of mirror twins, where, depending on which way each fetus is facing, one will be left-handed and one will be right-handed.
W.K. Koskei: That's the very thing that my grandmother's school did to her! It didn't work, just as your teacher's attempts didn't, although I know some people who do everything left and yet they write with the right.
1] You both get to lie on the best side of the bed. That is you both have your bedside table and lamp on your best side.
2] When there is DIY to be done, one of you can use a screwdriver for the left of self assembly furniture, and the other the right side.
3] Which ever hand your children favour, they will have a role-model.
Right brain dominance: "This brain dominance makes left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative and visual thinkers. This is supported by higher percentages of left-handers than normal in certain jobs and professions - music and the arts, media in general."
One of my 2 brothers has 3 RH sons and the other brother has 2 LH children and 1 RH. He blames me! My husband is RH and doesn't know of any LHs up his family tree. My eldest child writes RH but plays most sports (tennis, squash, golf, soccer) LH or left footed, although he bowls a cricket ball with his RH. My 2 daughters are RH. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first grandchild in May and hoping he/she will be a Lefty!
Does anyone know if left-handedness displays any signs of increased intelligence?
Naturally we feel our grand-children are brilliant but of course we are probably a bit biased.
Am grateful for having got a club of our own!
When I was at college there was 7 of us in a business studies class. All left handed. Weird!
I think its hit or miss, but I knew from the day we brought my son home after birth that he was going to be left handed. He favored that side very strongly when sleeping, always used that hand first for anything.
I'm proud of my lefty. It makes him more unique and special.
Our little 'lefty' feels very left out (excuse the pun!) But my grandad and best friend are both left handed so she does have a lefty buddy who are just as special as she is!
My Dad is right handed, Mum left. my brother, sister and me are all are left handed.
My wife is right handed. both my daughters are left handed
I think we have a super left gene :)
I worked for a while at a special needs school and found out that left handed children had been fed right handed by right handed carers (badly) and when others couldn't cut with left handed scissors it was put down to their being a lefty - turned out the scissors didn't work. We need a minority group to stand up for leftys I had to work right handed in the Post office for a year until I left! Leftys need rights, or should I say lefts.
P.S wouldn't be without my lefty tin opener, rehung fridge door and kids squeezy mouse (for computer).
My next sister had a right handed husband and only child a daughter is left handed Do not know about grands and greatgrands.My oldest sister and her husband are left handed.Two of their four children are left handed.I do not know about grands and great- grands.
And about left handers attracting each other - my boyfriend's left handed (we've been dating for over 2 years but have known each other since we were 4)...and the first friend I made in playschool is left handed (and we're still in touch now)...
They do swim left handed though!! LOL..a wee joke for our poor rightie friends,like my RIGHT handed drum sticks!!!
My parents are right handed.
One connection between three generations is that we are all very creative either through art or music!
My left handed son (age 9) taught himself to play the guitar right handed....and prefers it this way.
I do voluntary work with two other ladies and all three of us are left handed !!
I was just speaking with my sister today on this very subject after seeing a picture she sent of her youngest daughter via email. She was coloring, and I noticed she was holding the crayon in her left hand. I couldn't believe it because her 2 older children are also lefties! This one is 2 1/2, but she has a sister who is 5 and a brother 6 1/2. My sister and her husband are both right handed. I am the only person my sister knows of anywhere in both of their families that is left handed. I have 3 little ones of my own and they are all right handed. She and I were just talking about how rare it must be, and here I googled a little bit and came upon your story. Thanks!
Proud Aunt Stephanie
My husband and I are right handed. My first son whose father died was right handed.
My other two children are also left handed. Like you, I don't know anyone in any of the families who are left handed but all 3 of my children are left handed.
my elder sister and are both left handed...
our 2 younger brothes are both right handed...
Odd ? Pat.
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