First girl in a century for Carmarthenshire family
15 December BBC
A family in south-west Wales are celebrating the birth of the first
baby girl in their family for 103 years.Awen Gwyneth Jenkins is the
first female born into the Jenkins family in Carmarthenshire since
1909.The family, who live at Tycroes near Ammanford, said they only
discovered just how rare the birth of a girl was after digging into
their family tree.
"It was a bit of shock," admitted Awen's father, Emyr, who is also
dad to Awen's older brother, Micah, two. As soon as she was born really,
we started talking about it. We realised then after looking into family
history and that kind of thing that she is the first baby [girl] in a
103-years. Awen was born in Singleton hospital in Swansea just over a
week ago, weighing in at 8lb 7oz (3.8kg).
She is absolutely fantastic. She sleeps almost through the night.
She's doing really well better than her brother was," said her
father.Grandfather Howell Jenkins said he had known that the last woman
in his family had been his aunt, Sara Olwen Jenkins, who was born in
October 1909."Since then, my father, his brothers, have had boys, we've
had boys, and of course now, my son has had a little girl," he said."The
wife and myself are chuffed - she's a beautiful little girl. We are
absolutely delighted.
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