Does your mother’s or father’s family history determine what the sex of your baby will be?

I often hear from people who want to know if family history plays a role in the gender of their baby. For example, I might hear a woman tell me something like, “I am one of five girls. There was no boy in my family. So does this mean that I will definitely have a girl too?” (The answer to this question is no, but I find it very interesting that very few people consider how the father-to-be and her own family could play a role.)

Or, it might have a mom-to-be ask me something like, “My husband’s family is made up entirely of boys. Does this mean my chances of having a girl aren’t good?” Like the previous scenario, this question does not take into account the family of the baby’s mother. (And the answer is also no.)

In reality, both the mother and the father-to-be will contribute to the sex or gender of their baby. And frankly, these are the only two people who will really contribute to the result. Extended family members play little (if any) role in this scenario. I will discuss more about this matter in the following article.

The parents of the baby in question determine the sex or gender of that baby. The baby’s grandparents do not: I understand that if you are part of a family of one gender over the other, then it is very tempting to assume that boy or girl babies just run in your family. Many people confess to me that they think that there are only some unknown genetic factors that go into determining the sex of the baby. But, let’s put this assumption aside for just a second and try to look at it from a scientific point of view.

In a nutshell, this is how the sex of a baby is determined. If the baby’s chromosomes are XY, then that baby will be a boy. If the baby’s chromosomes are XX, then that baby will be a girl. The mother-to-be is always going to give an X to this equation. So who is left to contribute? Yes, now the father must contribute either a Y or an X. And studies have indicated that even men who have a certain gender in their family have the same number of X and Y sperm chromosomes.

So, when the couple in question has sex at or near the woman’s ovulation period, the man’s sperm will work to fertilize her egg. These little sperm (and both X and Y are represented here) will race towards the egg and only one will be the one to fertilize it. So, the chromosome that completes the mission first is what determines the sex of the baby.

But this is really just the end of a story that has more variables. Look, we know that the man contributes similar amounts of X and Y. And we know that the woman is limited to one X. So this might seem like a game of luck, but that’s not entirely accurate either. As the sperm makes its way to the egg, they will face many challenges. And these challenges can, believe it or not, affect the outcome and can help determine the gender or sex of your baby.

Furthermore, the boy and the girl who produce sperm have different attributes and have different strengths and weaknesses. Girls can survive for a much longer period of time and can outlive boys even in harsh conditions. Likewise, children live only for a short period of time and are vulnerable in an acidic environment. But, to balance this out, the Y’s are the faster of the two.

And this is where the woman comes into play. If she has intercourse early in her fertility cycle and combines it with an acid reproductive tract, then she has a better chance of conceiving a girl. But, if she has intercourse at the end of her fertility cycle and she has an alkaline reproductive tract, then she has a better chance of having a male child. Sometimes when women tell me that their family never produces one gender over another, I suspect this may have to do with the PH levels of the women in the family. Some women even tell me that they have tested a few women in their family and found that the PH levels are very similar.

This is a moot point, but you can easily check for yourself by testing your own PH and seeing if this seems to be true for you. For example, if the women in your family always seem to have girls, I suspect you’ll tend to be more acidic. If the women in your family always seem to have baby boys, I suspect you might be alkaline.

The good news is that if you don’t want the gender that runs in your family, you can make some changes to your diet and conception regimen to change this. PH is only one factor in gender selection, but it is important, especially if you think a gender seems to run in your family and want to outdo it.