MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- It was a moment more than one hundred years in the making. For generations, a Montgomery County firefighter's family tree has been filled exclusively with sons. But that century-long streak now came to an end after the family learned that a daughter is on the way.

The last time the Sherman family said they had a girl born into their family was 108 years ago.

On Sunday, surrounded by family and friends, Montgomery County firefighter Michael Sherman and his wife, Joacquia Sherman, found out they're expecting a baby girl.

"I just feel honored," Sherman said. "We are the ones bringing the baby girl into the world. Finally, after over a hundred years. It's amazing."

The last girl to bear the Sherman name was Orah Belle Sherman, Michael's great-great aunt,

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