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Arrow Re: Are more people born during specific times of the year?

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This got me wondering whether there is something to “spring fever”, and whether humans have a preferential "breeding season". (To be sure, my sample is small enough for chance to account for the phenomenon. Also, I admit to some bias in selecting a period starting and ending with a birthday – but even omitting these birthdays would leave an impressive 13 remaining.)
I Googled the thread title first, and got this Hypog thread at the top. Then I Googled "Are birthdays evenly distributed?" and got more than I bargained for. Seems there is a regional bias among other factors. I do know I have a birthday, and tracking back out of curiosity many years ago, I believe that my conception day was my Mother's birthday.

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...Update 1: A regular visitor and commentator at this site, Luciferratic gives us some data from a much larger dataset. The chart is astonishing. There is either something wrong with the dataset, or May is the most romantic time of year in the Middle-East !
Are birthdays evenly distributed across the year? * Realm Of Randomness


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