This is my third start and finally things are going right. Had a bit of a risky spot. I didn't realize my first generation would die off so quickly. I was trying to be mindful of the food situation and not get too many kids running around and not contributing. I check back in over lunch and I see that all but one of the first generation men are dead. I check the kids, no males! Gramps is 55, his guy friends died in their early 50's. I had two women in the second generation and two girls in the third. I put Gramps into action and after 10 minutes of drop and drag I finally got two new babies. Of course, you don't know the gender of the babies until they're two so I didn't know if I had a boy. Gramps died promptly after that event. Fortunately, there was a boy in generation four. And then to really overkill it, the bucket of babies washed ashore and now I have three boys scampering about. I'm glad those random events come along to save your bacon when things go bad!

That's what is supposed to happen. The Island Events are supposed to be kinder and gentler when things are going badly in your village. It doesn't always work that way, but the intent is to help salvage a perilous game situation.