An Igbo Bride Is Said To Be Standing On One Leg In Her Husband’s Family Because Of This

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An Igbo bride is said to be standing on one leg in her husband’s family if she is yet to bear him a son.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE

Her place is only secured when she has a son.

It is her son(s) whom inherits her husband’s properties and makes sure her place is safe.

In many cases where a woman loses her husband without bearing him a male child, His properties are taken by his brothers and the widow left with nothing.

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But, if she has a son or sons, her husband’s properties would remain under her care and that of her son or sons.

It is to this regard, that an Igbo woman would go extra miles in trying to conceive a son for her husband>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE

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