Your role in your lineage

[Typhoid]

I just smoked narcotics, and probably worded the thread very poorly for what I'm trying to bring up.


So as I'm sitting here in the sun waiting for my tea to turn drinkable, I started wondering about how many people are in the predicament I'm in.

I'm the only son of [my dad's family has] 3 sons. I also happen to have my father's last name, which - I assume - is ridiculously normal. However, I am currently the last name on the branch of the family tree. if i fail to produce at least 1 male offspring, my family name all but dies out. Now, sure - I have relatives [with my last name] all over the world [specifically Italy, France, Switzerland, Michigan and Montreal], but my specific branch in the tree will be completely unable to move forward if I do not create a human male capable of creating other human males. I find this to be an immense amount of pressure. it always has been a topic of jokes [from my uncles/dad towards me], but I can tell that when my dad jokes about it, he isn't only joking about it.

So then I started wondering how many other people are also the last hope of their family, and if it means anything to them.