Haha okay guys, stop trying to read so deep into this. This is just a fucking HYPOTHETICAL situation. I just came up with those rules (18 and 36 breeding for example) to add some structure to the problem and to make it more difficult.

And every male can (and should, if you want to figure out the answer) have sex with every female in the other family that he isn't related to in some way. If they share the same aunt or are cousins for example, they cannot breed. Same goes for step-relations.

Quote Originally Posted by OlympianBud
How can it be that they can only have kids at ages 18-37?
That means they can only have kids twice in their lives...
By your own rules every COUPLE is sposed to have kids TOGETHER twice in their life...
Does that mean that every individual can have kids only with 2 others?

I may have confused myself there...all the above disregarding the rule of no interbreeding...We're taking that for granted...I'd really like to try and figure this out if you could gimme some info!!!

Dun take me wrong...all the above is subject to mistake...I'm no mathematician..
In order:
-Because I said they could! If you really want a reason, then they're too busy raising the children they have now to have any more until their current ones have matured.

-You're on to something there Olympian, I can't really answer this without giving it away.

Good luck, and I'll probably post the solution later tonight or tomorrow.