Couple With 13 Sons Say They Won’t Stop Trying Until They Have A Baby Girl

Brazilian couple, Irineu Cruz and Jucicleide Silva, who have 13 boys aged between one month old and 18 years, have been trying to have a baby girl for almost 20 years. Still undeterred, they have vowed to keep having babies until luck eventually smiles on them and they welcome a little princess.

According to The Sun, the couple from Conceiçao de Coité, near Salvador in Bahia State who have enough boys to make up their own football team, named them all after Brazilian football stars.

Their proud father, Irineu, 40, a farmer, said:

“When Jucicleide first got pregnant we agreed she could choose the girls’ names and I would choose the names if they were boys. I’ve always admired players like Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho and Robinho. All the best footballers seemed to have a name beginning with R. So as more and more boys came along, I decided to celebrate South American football by naming my sons after the players I liked.”

The couple’s one month old baby named Ronaldo joins older brothers, Robson (18), Reinan (17), Rauan (15), Rubens (14), Rivaldo (13), Ruan (12), Ramon (10), Rincon (9), Riquelme (7), Ramires (5), Railson (3) and Rafael (2).

Their dad revealed they all play as a team, competing with the local village club every weekend in a game he referees. He added:

“We don’t have any medals. When we win, we get a goat or a box of drink and some food for the children. It would be amazing if one of our boys ended up playing for Brazil. They are all good footballers – particularly Robson and Rauan who are our star strikers. The exception is Reinan who prefers chasing girls.”

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On sustaining their super large brood, their mum, Jucicleide, revealed:

“Every lunch time I cook a kilo of rice, a kilo of beans and an extra-large packet of macaroni. Of course there are times when things are tough but nobody ever goes hungry. If we have one loaf of bread, it’s divided and shared between everybody. The good thing is that all my boys are well behaved.”

She added that they will keep trying for a baby girl as it ‘would be wonderful to be able to choose her name and to finally hold up the red card to my husband.’

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