Well yes: I, too, was reminded of that example. And there are plenty others: Greek-American writer Nicholas Gage grew up as the youngest of five children and the only son in his family. But his four older sisters produced, among themselves, 8 boys and only 2 girls.
Another former co-worker of mine had no son, but was the father of three daughters who collectively produced 7 boys and only 1 girl. The eldest daughter alone had 3 boys and that 1 girl (I'm assuming his younger daughters had 2 boys each).
It's an even more likely event, the fewer children you have (parents with 2 daughters and 3 grandsons, but no son or granddaughter; 3 daughters and 4 grandsons, but no son or granddaughter; 2 daughters and 4 grandsons, but no son or granddaughter).
So obviously the woman's background makes no difference: it's all in the man's genes (I know of another example of a woman with 5 sisters but no brother, but who herself was the mother of 4 sons and no daughter. She didn't say what kind of children her sisters had, though).
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