Unexpected Inheritance Output

Question

For some reason, this code outputs the constructor and destructor multiple times. Does anybody know why? Is it once for each derived class?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class Mother
{
public:
Mother() {
cout << "Mother ctor" << endl;
};
void sayHi() {
cout << "Hi";
}
void sayHello() {
cout << "Hello";
}

~Mother()
{
cout << "Mother dtor" << endl;
}

};

class Daughter: public Mother
{
public:
Daughter() {};
};

class Son: public Mother
{
public:
Son() {};
};

int main() {
Mother m;
Daughter d;
Son s;

d.sayHi();
cout << "\n";
s.sayHello();
cout << "\n";
}

Answer 1

I added some more output to your code to help illustrate what is occurring here.

You will see that, yes, for each instance of a derived class the base classes constructor is called/executed

https://code.sololearn.com/c31g2he7jN7Q/?ref=app

Answer 2

Thanks Jay!

Answer 3

The code is great showing that a set of the outputs are due to creation/constructor for the class.

Answer 4

answe is ~mother and mother.