Overview

• Michael and Joacquia Sherman learned they are expecting a daughter during a Sept. 7 gender-reveal gathering with family and friends.
• The baby is due in March 2026, according to the family’s comments to local media.
• The last female born into the Sherman line was Orah Belle Sherman in 1917, whom relatives describe as an influential figure in Atlanta’s civil rights era.
• Michael Sherman serves as a Montgomery County, Texas firefighter, identified as a lieutenant in some reports.
• Coverage cited University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center research noting that paternal genetics can influence sex ratios, without indicating a known cause in this family.