article_snippet: The experiments follow on from a historical analysis undertaken by the research team, which looked at numbers of children fathered by US Medal of Honor recipients in the Second World War compared to the numbers of children fathered by regular veterans.
article_snippet: a historical analysis undertaken by the research team, which looked at numbers of children fathered by US Medal of Honor recipients in the Second World War compared to the numbers of children fathered by regular veterans shows Medal of Honor recipients had an average of 3.18 children, while regular veterans averaged 2.72 children, suggesting decorated war heroes sired more offspring than other veterans. '
highlights_snippet: The team also found Medal of Honor recipients had more children .