Largest family you have found

[..claire..]

Hi Alison Terao

Welcome to RootsChat 

All I can say is WOW

[Andrew Tarr]

One of my ancestors had 25 children.

He died at 85 with all his faculties intact.

Some more than others, by the look of it .... 

[..claire..]

 

[Annette7]

One of my ancestors had 25 children.

He died at 85 with all his faculties intact.

Some more than others, by the look of it .... 

Not quite the same though, is it?   - the other large families shown here have all had the same mother!

Annette

PS Working on a tree for a friend yesterday and one particular couple had 18 children at Bressingham, Norfolk between 1859 and 1888.

[Rosinish]

Not quite the same though, is it?   - the other large families shown here have all had the same mother!

Annette

Annette, I agree regarding "A" couple who have been together throughout.

A man could have had several younger wives & produce many kids but a woman can only produce for a certain length of time i.e. 2nd/3rd marriages don't fit the bill really (for either)

Annie

[clairec666]

Wow, 25 is amazing!

My 3x-great grandfather had at least 18 with 2 wives.

Best record to the same couple is 14 (to another set of 3x gg). All survived infancy, two died in late childhood, and the rest lived to adulthood.

[Alison Terao]

One of my ancestors had 25 children.

He died at 85 with all his faculties intact.

Some more than others, by the look of it .... 

My father's maiden aunt - his g-granddaughter  (herself one of 11 - 10 surviving who she raised when her mother died) used to say "they should have put a blue ribbon on it"

[Alison Terao]

One of my ancestors had 25 children.

He died at 85 with all his faculties intact.

Some more than others, by the look of it .... 

Not quite the same though, is it?   - the other large families shown here have all had the same mother!

That's true - and if you look at the children of the first wife only it drops to 15, which is still pretty impressive.

They were a fertile and hardy lot that line - they had large families with a good survival rate.

[Lisajb]

My great grandfather Albert Barnett had two children with 1st wife Matilda, married again after her death and produced another 13 with second wife Margaret.