I'm not sure about Asian societies, either, but I wouldn't be surprised. I think that the idea in Europe was that if a bunch of people witnessed the birth (and the gender of the infant), nobody could then go and switch the legitimate (girl) baby for the newly-born son of the milkmaid or something.
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Re: AU of Sun Child: Zhao's Child is Born
Date: 2010-10-18 02:28 pm (UTC)