The 1st child will be a girl 1/2 of the time. The 2nd child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 3rd child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 4th child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 5th child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 6th child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 7th child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. The 8th child will be a girl 1/2 of those times. Probability: (1/2)^8 = 1/256. [But you must take this, as well as many problems found in mathematics courses, with a grain of salt in reality. In this case, it is true that some men produce more female-sperm (sperm that would result in female offspring) than male. Also, some women's eggs are predisposed to accepting only female sperm. Male-sperm gets rejected. So to compute the actual probability accurately for reality, we would have to know the probability of men and women being female- producers]. Edwin