THE month of your birth could influence your prospects for having grandchildren, at least if times were hard. A study of impoverished Canadian women born in the late 1800s has shown that those born in June had most grandchildren while those with October birthdays had the fewest.
While the reasons for the effect are not entirely clear, it adds weight to evidence that environmental conditions early in life dramatically influence your health and survival prospects. For instance, studies have shown that babies who were undernourished in the womb, and those who grow slowly in their first year, have a high…
