 They were joined by Lewis' partner Emily Pyke. Roy's wife Pat passed away in 1998. New dad Lewis said: "It's weird to think that we've all been [Edison's] age in this house, it's seen five generations grow up. "We're all still very close. We're very family-orientated, all of us are family people. "When my partner was pregnant, we already thought it was more than likely the baby would be a boy, even before we knew. The genes are really strong in the family, I think. Emily Pryke with Great-great Grandfather Roy and Lewis Howes, holding his son Edison ( Portsmouth News/Solent News) "I don't really know why, I've never given it much thought why we're all men." The electrician added: "Growing up it was quite nice, we all spent a lot of time together. Liam and I are quite close in age so we kind of grew up together. We're a really close family.){kind=link}
The Howes family, from Portsmouth, welcomed the fifth generation of their family, two-week old Edison, into the same house everyone through to his great-great-grandson had stepped foot in
One family welcomed the fifth generation of their clan into the world, and they’re all males.
Roy Howes met his great-great-grandson, two-week-old Edison for the first time this week, and greeted him in the same house he had welcomed three other generations of Howes.
Over the last six decades, 96-year-old Roy has watched the Howes family grow and grow, but for the first time they gathered five generations in the same place to welcome Edison.
The former Royal Navy serviceman was joined by his son Roy Jnr, 75, his grandson Michael, 48, and his great-grandsons Liam, 23, Alfie, 15 and Lewis, 26 – Edison’s dad.