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by crispy2000 3985 days ago
If the assumption that the ratio of births is 50/50, then no. However, a rule requiring parents to have children until they have a boy could lead to evolutionary pressure increasing the ratio of girls born. That is, if the Smiths have 4 girls and one boy their genes will be 4 times more common than those of the Jones with their one boy.