Ho Yen-tai was the oldest son and first grandson in his generation of the family, and at the tender age of 14-following the custom of the "little husband" widely practiced in northern China at that time-he was married to a bride seven years older than himself.
何延泰身為何家的長子長孫，早在十四歲時便依循中國北方的「小丈夫」習俗，娶進了比他大七歲的太太。