BRAZILLIAN COUPLE WITH 13 SONS WON'T STOP UNTILL THEY HAVE A BABY GIRL

A BRAZILIAN couple who have thirteen sons have vowed to keep having babies until they get a girl.

Irineu Cruz and his wife Jucicleide Silva have been trying for a daughter for almost 20 years.

 Irineu Cruz and his wife Jucicleide Silva have had thirteen sons and still plan to have more children

The couple have been trying for a daughter for nearly two decades

But the pair keep defying the odds to add more boys to their brood, with population experts revealing the odds of having 13 in a row is one in 8,000.

The couple – from Conceiçao de Coité, near Salvador in Bahia State – now have enough boys to make up their own football team.

And the kids – aged from one month to 18 years old – are even named after Brazilian footie stars such as Ronaldo to Rivaldo.

Farmer Irineu, 40, said: “When Jucicleide first got pregnant we agreed she could choose the girls’ names and I would choose the names if they were boys.
“I’ve always admired players like Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho and Robinho.

“All the best footballers seemed to have a name beginning with R.