fluent at last in the languages of the sea

So, why is it that in all those fics where a female character has a secret child that suddenly reappears and comes to live with them, the child is always a girl?

I'm tempted to write one in which the child is a boy, just for the hell of it. I probably won't, but I'm entertaining myself by weighing up all the female characters in my head and trying to figure out who gets to have this kid.

( Sara Sidle, CSI )

( Samantha Spade, Without a Trace )

( Terry Lake, Numb3rs )

( Kate Austin, Lost )

( Natalie Durant, Medical Investigation )

( Kate Todd, NCIS )

( Abby Sciuto, NCIS )

Well, that was pointless. I probably won't write the fic. At least it's kept me amused for the last day or two.