Listed below are the SIXTEEN (16) different possible outcomes (in terms of gender and order of birth) for a four-child family, using B for boy and G for girl (and going from oldest to youngest.)
Note the outcomes of 2 boys, 2 girls (in red) – there are only 6 of them. (So the chance of having 2B, 2G is 6/16). Also note the cases of 3 of one sex, 1 of the other (in blue), of which there are eight (8). So that likelihood is 8/16 or 1/2 or ’50-50′.
BBBB
BBBG
BBGB
BBGG
BGBB
BGBG
BGGB
BGGG
GBBB
GBBG
GBGB
GBGG
GGBB
GGBG
GGGB
GGGG
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