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Funny enough this is close to what the Puritans did in New England. Just familyhood instead of brotherhood.

> Everyone was compelled by law to live in families. Town officials would search the town for single people and, if found, order them to join a family; if they refused, they were sent to jail.

(and the average family size at the time was a little over 9 children)



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