Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-11260666-20140122174506/@comment-13965604-20140122234037

DManCO wrote: 186.0.202.195 wrote: I'm more concerned that no one has siblings, almost everybody is only child (Scott, Stiles, Allison, Kira) not even cousins....

Good point. Beacon Hills seems to have a Chinese-style One Child Policy! Violations will be punished. Boyd had a sister who died as part of his tragic backstory. Isaac likewise had an older brother who died (as an adult) in Iraq. But the protagonists are only-children.

The Hale family are exceptions (werewolves must be exempt). Talia and Peter were siblings. Laura, Derek and Cora are Talia's (known) children.

It was the Argent's that surprised me though. Being werewolf hunters is a dangerous profession. So it always struck me as odd that Chris and Victoria had only one daughter. Unless one or both of them intended to raise her to take up the female leadership position and not do much actual in the field hunting. Gerard had two children (Chris and Kate), as well as a brother who was bitten and committed suicide back in the 70's.

I always thought it was odd that the Hunters appeared to have small families too. Such a high risk 'profession' they wouldn't risk the family name by having only one/two people to carry on the family name. Of course, Allison wouldn't carry on the family name anyway, they have indicated that they have the traditional view of females taking on the man's name. However that did make me mildly curious if the reason that they never had more kids was because Victoria couldn't for one reason or another. Or if she just didn't want to take an extended leave of so aiming and killing (somewhat) innocent werewolves.

I'm freakishly curious about how large the Hale family actually was. My head canon says large family. I don't think it sounds nearly as tragic thinking that only a handful of people died in the fire (mom, dad, grandparents, sibling or two) as thinking it was grandparents, mom, dad, siblings, several aunts/uncles, and their kids. I was always under the impression it was a family reunion or something.

Not sure I really care that the mains are all only children. It's maybe a little odd, now that I think about it, but not terribly. as of April 2012 national birthdate was around 1.7 what's odd about it is that the two kids who did have siblings they both died, and that certainly isn't normal. But I suppose over all it's easier to not have siblings, than try and keep the siblings from finding everything out. Now, why siblings couldn't be involved is an entirely different conversation, as long as they were relatively close in age. And younger ones, if they went telling the parent they'd just think they were imaginative and telling stories.