MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- It's a moment more than 100 years in the making.

For generations, a Texas firefighter's family tree has been filled exclusively with sons.

But that century-long streak has come 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, Michael Sherman and his wife, Joacquia Sherman, found out they were expecting a baby girl.

"I just feel honored," Sherman said. "We are the ones bringing the baby girl into the world. Finally, after over 100 years. It's amazing."

The last girl to bear the Sherman name was Orah Belle Sherman, Michael's great-great aunt, born in 1917.

"She was a trailblazer in Atlanta," Sherman

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