eldest
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The actor is best known for starring as Brad Taylor in “Home Improvement,” the eldest child of the show’s core family.
From Los Angeles Times
The eldest of seven children born to a prospector-turned-rancher, Jeannette dug ditches, raised barns and split wood alongside the ranch hands.
Christopher Marlowe truthers aside, William Shakespeare was an actual person who, historical records concur, married a pregnant woman eight years his senior and had three kids: Susanna, the eldest, and twins Judith and Hamnet.
From Los Angeles Times
The couple said they bought the house for their eldest daughter, who is a huge fan of the show, but while she finishes her studies they will use it as a holiday rental.
From BBC
Her eldest, Zoe, who is now 21, moved back home when she was 18 and currently lives in her own apartment and sees her mum regularly.
From BBC
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