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genealogy I find spinsters all over the place. My gradad on one side had a spinster sister and a never married brother out of a family of 4 kids (my grandfather himself only married after the age of 50). On my other side of the family my grandmother had a sister who never married out of two kids. A generation back further - out of five surviving kids, 3 of them never married. My parents had four kids and 3 of us are never married, though I expect my brothers to be some day (but I will not, I need time alone now more than ever). It is a wonder there are so many of us still around.