The Roman System of Patronage

In the ancient Roman Empire, there was a profession of people who wandered about in the field, the fields of exposed babies. The practice was known as sabbatus and it's similar to today's abortion issue. If you have one child, those sistercees get passed on to them and they retain their class. But if I had two children, Brent, what happens? Cuts in half and then neither one of them have the status.