Generals having children in a foreign land?

[stevehoos]

Is this even possible? I have spent 40 (2tpy) years in africa without a marriage in my royal family and no sign of children, is there some kind of preventitive hard-coded measure resposible for this?

[Byg]

If the ratio of generals to settlements is already too high then children and other forms of new general are often prevented.

[Amaranth]

Is this even possible? I have spent 40 (2tpy) years in africa without a marriage in my royal family and no sign of children, is there some kind of preventitive hard-coded measure resposible for this?

Generals can't marry, I believe by Generals you mean Family Members, anyway they can have children in foreign lands, in fact there's even a trait gained by their children, it is called " Considered a 'Poulain' "

Though iy can only be gained by Western factions.

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Trait Poulains
Characters family
ExcludeCultures middle_eastern, mesoamerican, greek

Level Poulains
Description Poulains_desc
EffectsDescription Poulains_effects_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Loyalty -1
Effect Chivalry 1

Description:
His European cousins have difficulty believing he is one of their own. The man dresses in Eastern attire, converses in Arabic and is tolerant of pagan ritual! Can he be trusted?