How to ask what is your number in the siblings or to your parents
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5Possible duplicate of Framing a question whose answer is an ordinal number Also How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)? – FumbleFingers Oct 26 '18 at 15:12
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Do want the information or are you trying to get them to answer in a very specific way? “How many older siblings do you have?” gets you the information. – Jim Oct 26 '18 at 15:26
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You could ask two questions:
How many siblings do you have? and
Where are you in the birth order?
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I'd add that the follow-up question depends on the answer to the first question: if they say "none" then of course you wouldn't ask about birth order, and if they say "one" then you could ask "are you (the) youngest or oldest?" – 1006a Oct 26 '18 at 15:34