diff --git a/src/events/RE/reRelativeRecruiter.js b/src/events/RE/reRelativeRecruiter.js
index fdd01e2da1ba5992a6ffc0b886e3b71e677edf85..58daeb17c60cb9e96ed340c28a5f7583f9059897 100644
--- a/src/events/RE/reRelativeRecruiter.js
+++ b/src/events/RE/reRelativeRecruiter.js
@@ -679,7 +679,12 @@ App.Events.RERelativeRecruiter = class RERelativeRecruiter extends App.Events.Ba
 					}
 					break;
 				}
-				default: // nothing needed for son/daughter
+				case "son":
+				case "daughter":
+					if (newSlave.mother === eventSlave.ID) { // no equivalent for fathers
+						eventSlave.counter.birthsTotal += 1;
+					}
+					break;
 			}
 
 			cashX(forceNeg(cost), "slaveTransfer", newSlave);