My colleague he have two brothers. I want to know, he is first/second/third son of his parents, ie., the order in the family among their siblings.
I can simply ask
Are you first son of your family?
It simply give some predictions, I don't want to that.
Is there a better way to ask the question?
Answer
You could ask "Are you the oldest child?" (or even "eldest child"). This seems to me to be more natural. Note the use of "the" before the adjective, which you omitted.
Pedants would note that "oldest" implies at least three children. If you know that there are only two children, then you could ask whether the colleague is the older child.
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