Quote Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus View Post
Keep in mind that all children, unmarried women, and recruited generals effect the birth rate. If your number of family members, children, unmarried women, and generals is near to or above the number of settlements you own, the game will stop your family from having children. If you have a bunch of recruited generals or such, kill them off to make room for births.
Recruited generals restrict that? Hmm. This really opens up a lot of possibilities.