The prompt 'Full House' immediately makes me think of the many large families in my family tree, and how many people were often packed into small houses. In past generations, large families were quite common, with not only numerous children but also extended family often sharing a home.
While some of my ancestors were fortunate enough to have sizeable homes, those of poorer working class backgrounds often lived in smaller houses of only a few rooms, or even a single room for the whole family. Children shared beds, and in poorer conditions the whole family would have slept huddled together. Space was limited and conditions poor.
For my father, the second youngest of 10 children, all of whom survived to adulthood, it was a full house indeed. Often the family lived in small farmhouses, with only a few rooms. They moved several times during my father's childhood, but none of the homes the family occupied would be called spacious.
While the eldest children had generally left home by the time the youngest were born, it was still a full house indeed.
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