The largest large family in the world. The most unusual moms in the world

The concept " the large family"Today causes us some surprise, like a curiosity found in a tropical forest. Families with three children are considered large in our country, and the houses where 19 children and more are growing seem to us just fantastic! I invite you to an excursion dedicated to the largest families in the history of our planet.

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XVIII century. The record holder in the history of creating a family is considered the wife of the Shuya peasant Fyodor Vasiliev. She is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest child. Peasant Vasilyeva gave birth to 69 children in her life !!!

Leontina Albina, now living in Chile, has given birth to 55 children in 40 years. Therefore, the family of this lady takes an honorable second place in our ranking.

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Now let's fast forward to the 17th century. The English Greenhill family has a new addition. 39 children were born here. Elizabeth Greenhill - mother of many children at the age of 54 - she believes that she would be able to give birth to several more children, if not for life circumstances ...

4 Seed of Guinness

And again the XVIII century. The youngest 21 children were born in the family of the famous Irish brewer Arthur Guinness and Olivia Whitmore. Three of these children, having matured, continued the work of their father, therefore, there is still a brand of beer that bears the proud name of the head of the family with many children - "Guinness".

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Henry Wilson Crocker and Anna Josephine from America also gave birth to 21 children.

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The largest modern Russian family now lives in the Voronezh region with 11 daughters and 9 sons. Of the 20 children, 19 are still living with their parents.

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Of the officially registered ones, the family with many children in Ukraine is considered to be living in the village of Ostritsa, Chernivtsi region. The believing family of Eleanor and Janusz Nameni is also raising 20 children.

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Middle Ages. 19 children were born to the English family of poet and priest Samuel Wesley and his wife Suzanne. Two of their sons later became the founders of Methodism.

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The most famous large family of our time lives now in America. In the family of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 19 boys and girls are being raised. To the question: "How do you cope with so many children?" - Michelle usually replies that the secret is that older children help care for the younger ones.

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In 2009, in the Osyakov family, which by that time had already 17 children and 5 grandchildren, another girl was born, who became an aunt for the grandchildren of the spouses. In the same 2009, in the Kremlin, Nadezhda and Father Ivan were awarded the Order of Parental Glory.

A family with three children is now considered to be large. However, many more children were born in families earlier, which was considered an absolute norm, since a child was considered sent from God. But even today we can give examples of real mothers-heroines who performed a kind of real feat, having given birth to at least ten children. So who owns the title of "the most large mother in the world"? Let's figure this out.

1 Peasant Vasilyeva

The absolute "record holder" in terms of the number of children born is considered the peasant Vasilyeva - the wife of the peasant Fyodor Vasiliev, who gave birth to 69 children. It was 200 years ago in Shuisky district, and since then no one has managed to break the record of this mother-heroine. This woman is included on the pages of the Book of Records as the most large mother in the world. She had to give birth 27 times - in the end, she produced 16 twins, 7 triplets and 4 quadruples. This fact was reported even to Empress Catherine, who noted this phenomenon. Of all 69 children born, only two died, and all the rest lived for a long time.

2 Leontina Albina

Currently, Chile is home to the largest mother in the world - Leontina Albina, who became a mother 55 times. For this, a 40-year-old woman can be safely placed on the second line of our rating of the most large mothers.

3 Elizabeth Greenhill

In third place is a mother of many children of the 17th century. Elizabeth Greenhill gave birth to her husband William 39 children (7 sons and 32 daughters), and she gave birth 38 times - 37 times gave birth to one baby, and at 38 gave birth to her husband twins. The last birth was when the woman turned 54 years old. But she noted that if life circumstances were different, then she would certainly give birth to two or three more children.

4 Olivia Whitmore

The wife of the famous Irish brewer Arthur Guinness (lived in the 18th century), Olivia Whitmore gave birth to 21 children. Ten children managed to live their lives to adulthood. Three of the children continued the work of Arthur Guinness. And today, a foamy drink, named after the father of the family with many children, is still on sale.

5 Anna Josephine

The wife of American Henry Wilson Crocker also gave her husband 21 children. All this is due to understanding, agreement and great love between the spouses.

6 Elena Shishkina

Another mother with many children in the world in our time is Elena Shishkina, who gave birth to 20 children (9 boys and 11 girls). The Shishkin family lives in the Voronezh region. The woman's record is also placed on the pages in the Book of Records. After birth last child The Shishkins were offered to go abroad, but they are true patriots, and therefore categorically refuse to leave Russia. The father of the family believes that the state will support large families. Their relatives also support them in this. At the moment 19 children live with their parents.

7 Eleanor Nameni

Ukrainian woman Eleonora Nameni gave birth to her husband Janush 20 children. Therefore, this family of believers in Ukraine is officially recognized as having many children.

8 Michelle Daggar

An American mother with many children living in our time gave birth to 19 children. Parents give all children a name starting with the letter J. At first, young spouses did not think at all about becoming a large family, and Michelle even protected herself from unwanted pregnancies. Three years after the wedding, Michelle gave birth to her first child. Then the parents decided to limit the birth of children, and Michelle again began to use contraceptives. But when she decided to have her second child, she miscarried. Therefore, the couple decided to rely on God and accept the number of children that he will send them. Now Michelle gives birth in about 1.5 years.

9 Nadezhda Osyak

As the wife of the priest Ivan, the woman bore him 18 children (10 daughters and 8 sons). In 2009, Nadezhda gave her husband an 18 child (daughter), and this year the couple were awarded the Order of Parental Glory in the Kremlin.

10 Anna Altukhova

This woman is also the wife of the priest Pavel Altukhov. She gave birth to her 14th child last year. The mother of many children is now 43 years old, she runs the household and is engaged in raising 10 sons and 4 daughters. The baby who was born last year is a boy. A mother with many children notes that it is more and more difficult to choose names for sons, but she gives this prerogative to a father with many children, who, by the way, was also the eleventh child in the family.

There is also a family in Russian villages ...

- I have 86 grandchildren. That's how many my ten children gave birth to. But at one time I took six more adopted children into education - my nephews, who after the death of their father, my brother, were orphaned. So from them I have 49 more grandchildren. Only 135 turns out!

Vasily Shishkin, a 75-year-old resident of Voronezh, is the founder of a family of several hundred people.

The Shishkin clan is the most numerous in Russia. They live merrily, boldly relate to other large families and successfully fulfill, and in some places overfulfill, the presidential decree on fertility. And without demanding anything in return for your diligence.

The former Voronezh state farm has two attractions - the quail poultry farm and the Shishkin family, which directly or indirectly includes half of the village. Here the Shishkins are in every second hut.

On the porch near the house of Vasily Shishkin, a well-known fighter for the birth rate in the local area, his youngest son Kolya thundered with buckets.

Now father will dress up and tell you everything, show everyone, - Nikolai smiled. - I’m hefty and have nothing to brag about. I have few children, only ten. Now on the 11th we are waiting with my wife.

A stocky, serious and businesslike man appeared on the threshold in a formal suit that did not match the rural landscape, the gloomy morning and the herd of cows, which a shepherd drove past the Shishkins' house into the steppe.

We failed to make an accurate count of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, we got lost in the second generation - grandfather can no longer remember everyone by name.

Dozens of grandchildren began to appear, how will you remember them all? - Vasily Vasilievich complains. - And if the names are often repeated? We have four Lesha in the family, the small is smaller. I can only distinguish by patronymic!

The wife of Vasya's grandfather, Anna Ivanovna, even tried to draw a family tree together with the older granddaughters in order to record the additions to the family. But there were so many additions that they gave up this business.

I met my Annushka many years ago at a village wedding. Looked more closely: the girl is good - hardworking, meek, beautiful. I thought of getting married. I immediately warned: mind you, Annushka, we will have at least ten children!

Soon the first-born Peter was born. Then Elena, Alexander, Lyudmila, Alexey, Zoya, Nikolay, twins Galina and Olga and the youngest Katya.

I was waiting for my youngest daughter as if she were the firstborn. I ran to my wife at the poultry farm where she worked then, helped clean the bases so that my Annushka would not overwork. And a girl was born, jokingly called her Catherine the tenth.

Vasily Shishkin raised children in the old fashioned way. He instilled ideas of morality and nepotism with a belt. As you can see, the method turned out to be effective. All the Shishkins have a good life, their families turned out to be strong, friendly and large.

Peter and Lena have 9 children each, Kolya and Olya have 10 each, Zoya has 11, Lesha has 6, Gali has four, Katya has five and Lucy has only two, grandfather Vasily starts counting.

The record holder was the third son Alexander. There are already 20 children in his family. “About him even in America there was a note in the magazine,” says Vasily Shishkin with pride.

True, his pride is clouded by the title of an article about his son.

Bad name, - complains the grandfather. - "The sexiest people in the world." Ugh, disgusting to read!

Many children and grandchildren of Shishkin play weddings with guys and girls from other mega-families. So the Shishkins became related with large families from Volgograd. “We almost went broke while the wedding was going on. Noted by a close family circle. 400 people! "

Before getting married or getting married, grandchildren consult with a wise grandfather. He unmistakably rejects some candidates. But in the huge family of Shishkins there are no divorces at all!

Many envy us, someone twists a finger at their temples - why, they say, are you giving birth to so many children, - says Vasily Vasilyevich. - And my Annushka and I do not know what loneliness is. Soon it’s my birthday, so the house will be bursting with guests. Well this is real happiness!

Shishkina's wife Anna Ivanovna, in contrast to her cheerful husband, is less optimistic. Still, she had to fulfill the minimum fertility program, and not grandfather Vasily. “Oh, honey, everything that the Lord gives is all ours,” she smiles.

“Everyone is now repeating - the birth rate, the birth rate ... And I understand that the main thing is that there is love in the family. I still love my Annushka, even though she is already decrepit and old. But her soul is the same as before. I won't trade it for anyone. And I would not have exchanged it, even if God had not given us children at all, ”says Vasily Shishkin.

The Shishkin family has penetrated not only into different parts of Russia, its representatives have been settling in the United States for several years. Eugene (and now Eugene) Shishkin came with his wife Olga to visit grandfather Vasya from Washington. American relatives have a different life, of course, more free and rich. But they did not stop giving birth to children. The 30-year-old couple already have five guys, which they do not want to stop at.

And grandfather Vasya Shishkin is warmed by the thought that life has not been lived in vain, that Esheli and Marki are running somewhere on the other side of the world. All as one - the Shishkins.

1. The mother who gave birth to the tiniest child in the world Mahajabeen Sheikh gave birth to Rumaisa Rahman on September 19, 2004. The baby weighed 243.81 grams at birth, his body length was only 10 cm. Ramasha became the smallest newborn in the world. The baby was born at the 25th week of pregnancy.

Before Ramashi was born, the smallest surviving child was Madeline Mann, born in 1989, who weighed 37 grams more than Ramashi.

Ramashi has a twin sister and her birth weight was 567 grams.

According to the application Of the medical center at Layola University, the girl is now alive and well, and her weight is 6.8 kg.

2. The oldest mom in the world
Indian Rajo Devi Lohan became a mother for the first time at 70, after 40 years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive. The child was born in 2008 and feels great, still, my mother is going to breastfeed him until he is 3 years old!

3. The most mother of many children in the world
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the most large mother is a Russian woman from
of the city of Shuya. All that is known about her is that she was a peasant and “the wife of Fyodor Vasiliev,” a large family who lived in the 18th century. Of the 27 pregnancies, 69 were born.

4. The oldest mom who gave birth to twins
The irresistible desire to have a son turned into double happiness for 70-year-old Omkari Panwar! She had twins. In order to artificially conceive a child, the family sold and mortgaged almost all of their property. The woman already had two daughters and five grandchildren, but 77-year-old husband Charan Singh Panwar insisted on an heir and as a result received two.

5. The most prolific surrogate mother in the world
But Carol Horlock set the world record for fertility as a surrogate mother (Carol is now 42 years old). For 13 years she was able to bear and give birth to 12 children, including triplets. In an interview with one of the TV shows, the woman admitted that she planned to become a surrogate mother only once, but then, she could not stop. Of the advantages, she notes the material side (still - 25-30 thousand dollars per child), but the disadvantages include morning sickness, bed rest, stretch marks and a cesarean section.
Carol admits that surrogacy has become a real job for her.

6. The youngest mother in the world
The youngest mother in the history of medical practice was Lina Medina, she gave birth at the age of 5 years 7 months. The reason for going to the hospital was the suspicion of a tumor and an increase in the abdominal cavity. But what was the surprise of the doctors and the girl's parents when it turned out that she was 7 months pregnant. A month and a half later, by caesarean section, Lina gave birth to a boy. Doctors studied this phenomenon in detail, it turned out that the girl had reached puberty by the age of 4!

7. Gave birth to 8 children at a time
But Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman Gutierrez (Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman Gutierrez) in January 2009 gave birth to 8 children at once. This was only the second case with a successful outcome of the birth of eight children at once, before that, this happened in the United States in 1998. It should be noted that the mother of many children is unemployed, the children were artificially conceived, and 6 more babies are waiting for her at home!

8. World record for the time difference between births
Elizabeth Ann Buttle set the world record for the difference between births. This difference was 41 years! Her first child, a girl, was born on May 19, 1956, when Elizabeth was 19 years old, she gave birth to her second at 60. The boy was named Joseph.

9. The first pregnant man in the world?
Looking at this stately man, it is unlikely that the thought that once he was a woman would come to mind. But this is a fact: Thomas was born a woman and her name was Tracy LaGondino, but at the age of 10 he realized that this was not his and set the goal of his life to become a man. Eight years have passed and Thomas has seriously begun to fulfill his cherished dream with the help of many surgeries and hormone therapy, oddly enough, but Thomas left his feminine dignity intact. And in 2007, Thomas became pregnant with the help of artificial insemination, his wife, Nancy Beaty, was the donor.

And on July 3, 2008, a beautiful baby was born, Susan Juliet Beaty. A year later, Thomas gave birth to another child, this time a boy. The couple told the media that they did not intend to stop there and now it is known that Thomas is expecting a baby again.

10. The smallest mom in the world.
The smallest (in height) mother in the world will soon give birth to her third child, despite warnings from doctors that it threatens her life.

The height of Stacey Herald, 35 years old, a native of Dry Ridge, Kentucky, USA and her height is only 72 cm. Doctors told her right away that a fully formed fetus could easily kill her, because her internal organs too small, but despite this, Stacy has already given birth to two children.

Stacy suffers from osteogenesis and spends most of the time in a wheelchair, so all responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the father of the family, whose height is more than 1.73 meters.

Now Elena Georgievna has 9 sons and 11 daughters. Although many years ago, immediately after her marriage, doctors assumed that young people might have a problem with children. Elena's, and her husband's, has a positive one, which is not very good for a happy motherhood, especially a large one. But God gave. And Elena and her husband Alexander never refused this gift.

Home bookkeeping

As a result, Elena not only won the gold star "Mother Heroine": together with her husband Alexander, they entered the Russian Book of Records as the largest family in the country.

Believe me, we did not specifically strive for such a record, but we were very glad to every child, - smiles Elena Georgievna... - Of course, they were surprised to learn that they went down in history. They even promised to give us a computer, but apparently they forgot. By the way, we still do not have a computer, although some tasks at school are asked to be performed on it. But the diploma was given. Such a pleasant reminder of the merits to the Motherland.

As a large family, the local authorities presented the Shishkins with a gazelle, but the zealous owners sold the expensive car and said that they had found a cheaper and more reliable car. They were also granted 15 acres of land. True, such a plot for 20 children turned out to be not enough, so they had to buy additional land. Now parents help their grown children as much as they can. After all, many have dispersed to different cities, some live in rented apartments, some are under construction, and some are studying ... Now the eldest son is 34 years old, and the youngest daughter is 9 years old.

Four schoolchildren, four students and two adult girls remained with us, - explains the mother-heroine. “But even with ten children it’s not easy. We have a house of 11 rooms, so we pay more than 10 thousand rubles for a communal flat alone. But my husband and I are already pensioners.

Elena Georgievna came out at the age of 50. Now she is 54, her husband, Alexander Vasilyevich, who has worked as a fire engine driver for many years, is 57. A great help to retirement is the vegetable garden, from which the Shishkins simply do not crawl out, and their own farm: a cow, a pig, chickens ... Otherwise, you will not survive. And the farm has its own small tractor - both for itself and sometimes to earn extra money.

Whatever one may say, but the main expenses - food and a communal apartment, - sighs a mother with many children. - It's even easier with clothes. V big family It is difficult to spoil children, they wear everything one after another, so they try to be more careful. Recently, we even laughed while examining the diapers of the eldest son, who "lived" to the youngest daughter.

Elena Georgievna calculates the family budget: child support - 212 rubles. For five minors who live with their parents, there are as many as 1060! It happened that businessmen helped the Shishkins. For example, Euroset presented a playground, which still stands in their yard. At the expense of the same company, the Shishkin children were treated for teeth, they dressed everyone in front of the school, and even once they took the whole family to the capital to ride on a steamer along the Moscow River. Here it is - happiness ...

My half

How did we meet my husband? - the woman laughs.

Yes, everything worked out for us simply, we are neighbors, we looked closely at each other for a long time - there was time, and only then we began to communicate. When Sasha went to the army, he asked him to wait. Well, I waited, then signed and healed in perfect harmony.

A happy mother and wife admit that they have never regretted their choice:

My husband is very attentive, loving, there is trust between us, and I know that I am the only one with him. He loves children very much. It used to come home from work, fall tired on the floor, and they stick around him, climb on it, play. I ask him to go to another room, to rest, but my husband refuses, says that he is resting with the children. He is kind, but strict when necessary. What a father should be.

In the footsteps of his parents, the eldest son Alexei also followed, he - father of many children, is raising five children. Now he is building his house in Shcherbinka. It's not easy, but the family helps: the other day, four of him younger brothers went from Voronezh to the Moscow region to help with the construction. Whatever you say - the family ties with the Shishkins are really strong. Everyone helps each other: so the daughters take care of their mother, ask them not to work in the garden, milk the cow themselves, cope with other households. Shishkin is no stranger to working, with early childhood they do everything together: who washes the dishes, who cleans up, and who looks after the younger children. And no one is hiding behind someone else's back, because they know that everything in a big family is in plain sight.

Waiting for a miracle

The feeling of elbows and responsibility is very important, Elena Shishkina is sure. - The child must be given to understand that the family loves him very much and expects the same love from him. Children also need our attention. Once at school, a teacher told us that in an essay on the topic “Who would I like to be like?” One schoolboy from a very prosperous and wealthy family wrote: “I want to be like a TV set, because everyone loves it and my parents spend with it a lot of time ”... Probably, with children of any age you need to be together as much as possible, to have common interests. For example, we do our lessons collectively. We have a large hall with tables with lamps, just like in a real school class. This is how we learn ...

However, a large family is also a lot of work. Realizing this, many people today deliberately refuse not only from large families, but also from children in general, believing that the problem with them is through the roof. Moreover, they find many arguments in defense of their position.

I know these, I saw them, - agrees Elena Georgievna. - Several years ago we were invited to Moscow for a program about large families. So there was one woman who insisted that she would never give birth, and boasted that she was free and independent. And I was very sorry for her, because people who do not know and do not want to know the happiness of motherhood can only sympathize. What did they live their lives for? To whom will the gift received from God and their mother be given? It seems to me that the meaning of life is in life itself, which must be left behind. Children are a constant joy. When everyone leaves for us and silence reigns in the house, my husband and I immediately go to call the children, find out how things are, if everyone is all right.

... Of course, the Shishkins also have difficulties and problems. But spouses always calm themselves like this: everything bad passes, the main thing is that we have each other. You just have to live, love and work honestly ...

I can't complain about anything, God gave the most important thing - love and family, - the mother of many children confesses. - It's a pity, of course, that the years pass quickly. We have long been grandparents, we have 20 grandchildren, and three more are about to be born. We are happy - we live all the time in anticipation of a miracle ...