Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1889 — Hereditary Influence of Age. [ARTICLE]

Hereditary Influence of Age.

The influence of the ages of parents upon the vitality of children has been investigated by M. Joseph Korosi, of the Buda-Pesth Statistical Bureau. From about 30,000 data he draws these conclusions. Mothers less than 20 years old and fathers less than 24 years old have children more weakly and more liable to pulmonary disease than parents of riper age. The healthiest children are those whose fathers are from 25 to 40, and whose mothers are from 20 to 30. In the best marriages the husband is older than the wife, but a woman of 35 will have stronger children if her husband be a little —not as much as five years—the younger.—Arkansaw Traveler.