One woman has the most children. The largest number of multiple births in one family

So much so that no one can still beat him. The woman gave birth to sixty-nine children - 69!

Only two babies died in childbirth. The Russian record holder gave birth to sixteen twins, seven triplets and four times four twins. And this is all for twenty-seven births over thirty years. After the death of his wife, Fyodor Vasiliev found new wife- a potential mother. The second wife gave the restless peasant eighteen more children. By the way, even after that, Fedor Vasiliev did not break the Guinness record for having children as a father of many children. The Guinness Book of Records has recorded a staggering number of children from one father. The most prolific pope is a Moroccan ruler who lived in the first half of the eighteenth century. He helped bring into the world three hundred and forty-two girls and seven hundred boys. But our contemporaries' results are not so impressive. There is now a woman in Chile who has set the Guinness record for having children in the twenty-first century. Leontina Albina gave birth to fifty-five children. In total, she stayed “on maternity leave” for about forty years. The first five times a woman gave birth exclusively to triplets. And only boys were born in triplets.

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The record for the largest number of births was set by the Englishwoman Elizabeth Greenhill, who lived in the seventeenth century. She gave birth thirty-nine times.

As a result, she had thirty-nine children, among which the real "woman's battalion" - thirty-two girls and only seven boys. The Guinness record for the birth of children at a time belongs to American Bobbi McCaughey and a resident Saudi Arabia Hasne Mohammed Humair. Both women gave birth to seven live babies at one time. Australian Geraldine Broadwick managed to give birth to nine children at a time, but, unfortunately, only seven survived. Two were born dead. Eight children were born by Nkem Chukwu from the USA. She only gave birth to one. naturally, others were born with the help of doctors (surgery C-section). One child died in childbirth. Lina Medina became a mother at the age of five and a half. Guinness record for the birth of children in the category "Most elderly mother”installed the Italian Rosanna Dalla Corta. She managed to give birth at the age of sixty-three. At the same age she gave birth to Arceli Keh from the USA. Rosanna Dalla Corta for a long time was treated for infertility and believed that someday she would know the happiness of motherhood. Most heavy child was born with a weight of ten kilograms, and the smallest - with a weight of two hundred and eighty-one grams.

The birth of one baby is a classic of the genre of nature regarding the Crown of Creation, man. However, "thanks" to our intervention in nature and the development of technology artificial insemination, multiple pregnancies are no longer uncommon.

Twins and triplets are no longer a feature. Women give birth to five, eight and even 11 children at once. We offer to look at these courageous mothers, who at one time created a large, large family for themselves.

Identical 14-year-old twins were born as a quartet: Megan, Sarah, Kendra and Callie Durst became famous at the age of 6, and now star in a reality show about their lives.
According to data for 2005, 15 identical quadruplets were born in the world, 10 of them are sisters, but there are much more non-identical quadruplets. According to statistics, one quadruple falls on 700 thousand pregnancies.

The most famous, first and only case of the birth of five identical twins- Canadian Dionne family. The girls were born in 1934 and long years were a landmark of the province of Ontario, and according to the twins themselves, their fate was not enviable.

In 2013 in Salt lake city quintuplets were born - 3 girls and 2 boys. It is noteworthy that the pregnancy occurred naturally.

Last year, 2016, 37-year-old Oksana Kobeletskaya from Odessa gave birth to five, although the couple were expecting twins.

Nkem Chukwu from Texas in December 1998 gave birth to eight at once. Moreover, on December 8 she gave birth to a girl, and on the 20th - 5 more girls and two boys (one of the babies died shortly after giving birth).

33-year-old Nadi Suliman in 2009 gave birth to eight twins at once - two girls and six boys. All children are alive and well, and this is the only case of the birth of an eight, where everyone survived.

Nineties were born in 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1999, however, unfortunately, none of these 54 children survived

Ten children - up to today was considered the largest number of children born from one pregnancy. In 1946, 8 girls and 2 boys were born in Brazil, there are also known cases of the birth of such a number of children in China in 1936 and in Spain in 1924. There is no information about whether the children survived.

42-year-old resident of the Indian city of Riley Maria Fernandez in 37 minutes, naturally, gave birth to 11 kids. All are perfectly healthy boys, six of which are identical twins. This phenomenon is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Thus, today 11 children born from one pregnancy is an absolute record.

The largest number of children born to one mother, according to official data, is 69. According to reports made in 1782, between 1725 and 1765. The wife of a Russian peasant, Fyodor Vasiliev, gave birth 27 times, giving birth to twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and 4 twins 4 times. Of these, only 2 children died in infancy.

Of our contemporaries, Leontina Albina (or Alvina) from San Antonio, Chile, who in 1943-81 is considered the most prolific mother. gave birth to 55 children. As a result of the first 5 pregnancies, she gave birth to triplets, and exclusively male.

Giving birth the most times

A record 38 births are said to have been given to Elizabeth Greenhill of Abbots Langley, c. Hertfordshire, UK. She had 39 children - 32 daughters and 7 sons - and died in 1681.

The largest number of multiple births in one family

Maddalena Pomegranate from Italy (b. 1839) had triplets born 15 times.

There is also information about the birth on May 29, 1971 in Philadelphia, pc. Pennsylvania, USA, and in May 1977 in Bagarhat, Bangladesh, 11 twins. In both cases, no child survived.

Most fertile pregnancies

Dr. Gennaro Montanino, Rome, Italy, claims that in July 1971 he removed from the uterus of a 35-year-old woman who was 4 months pregnant the embryos of 10 girls and 5 boys. This unique case 15-fertility was a consequence of taking pills for infertility.

9 children - the largest number in one pregnancy - were born on June 13, 1971 by Geraldine Broadrick in Sydney, Australia. 5 boys and 4 girls were born: 2 boys were stillborn, and none of the rest survived more than 6 days.

The birth of 10 twins (2 boys and 8 girls) is known from reports from Spain (1924), China (1936) and Brazil (April 1946).

The largest father

The largest father in the history of our country is the peasant of the village of Vvedensky Yakov Kirillov, who in 1755 was presented to the court in connection with this (he was then 60 years old). The first wife of a peasant gave birth to 57 children: 4 times four, 7 times three, 9 times two, and 2 times one. The second wife gave birth to 15 children. Thus, Yakov Kirillov had 72 children from two wives.

Record number of births

Elizabeth Greenhill, a resident of the UK, got into the Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of births. This woman gave birth 38 times. She only had twins once. Elizabeth died in 1681, leaving behind a "rich" inheritance in the form of 32 daughters and 7 sons.

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Only another mother-heroine from Italy, Maddalena Granata, can compare with Elizabeth. During her life she was pregnant 15 times and each time she had 3 children at once.

History also knows cases multiple pregnancy when one woman had 11 children at once. This happened at the end of the 20th century in the USA and Bangladesh. In both cases, not a single child survived.

Record number of embryos

Unfortunately, in almost all cases of multiple pregnancy (more than 10 embryos), if it comes to childbirth, then the chances of survival for such babies are negligible. In 1971, in Italy, Dr. Gennaro Montanino performed an abortion on a 35-year-old woman from whose uterus he removed 15 embryos! 5 of them were male and 10 were female. The operation was carried out for a period of 4 months. In the course of lengthy proceedings, the doctors came to the conclusion that such an anomaly had become side effect taking pills for infertility.

In the same year, in Australia, a woman gave birth to 9 children - 5 boys and 4 girls. 2 boys were born dead, the rest of the children lived no more than a week.

AT different time in the middle of the twentieth century, reports came from China, Brazil and Spain about the birth of 10 children at once. There is no information about whether the babies survived or not.

In early 2009, a resident of the United States, Nadia Suleiman, gave birth to eight children at once. The media gave her the nickname "Octomam". The weight of six boys and two girls ranged from 800 to 1400 g. All children are alive and well. It is noteworthy that the American has never been married and before this birth she already had six children.

The largest number of children born to one woman

History knows a woman who gave birth to 69 children. The wife of a Russian peasant between 1725 and 1765 gave birth 27 times. The woman gave birth 4 times to 4 children, 7 times to 3 and 16 times to twins. All children, except for two, survived.

Another prolific mother is Leontina Albina from Chile. She gave birth to 55 children, and the first 5 times were born 3 babies and only boys.

Most father of many children in history

For some reason, all records relating to children are tied to mothers. However, history also knows the most large father - this is Yakov Kirillov. From his first marriage, he had 57 children, and from the second - 15. In total, it turns out that a man became a father 72 times. For this, in 1755 he was presented to the court at the age of 60.

Grandfather-record holder

Another man set a kind of record in the field of childbearing. This is a modern resident of Novokuznetsk Alexey Shapovalov. He is called the richest grandfather in the world. Alexey has 11 sons and two daughters, who gave him a total of 117 grandchildren. Those, in turn, have already managed to “reward” grandfather with 33 great-grandchildren.

The historical record belongs to Russian family Vasiliev, who lived in the 18th century. The wife of Fyodor Vasiliev, Shuisky, gave birth in her life to 69. The woman to this day is the record holder of childbearing and is listed in the Guinness Book.

For more than 200 years, no one in the world has been able to repeat or beat this record. The advantage of the peasant woman was her genetics, which made it possible to produce children in 27 births. Vasilyeva gave birth to twins 16 times (another world record), triplets and four quadruplets were born seven times. Unfortunately, only 67 children survived to adulthood.

It is worth noting that this record is not the final point for Fedor Vasiliev himself. The peasant was married twice. In his first marriage, he had 20 more children. As a result, in big family there were 87 children. This fact was appreciated even by Catherine the Great, and information about such a large offspring is included in the book "Additions to the Acts of Emperor Peter the Great."

Historians are still arguing about the birth order of the children of the peasant Vasiliev. However, the facts gleaned from house books and issues of the Vedomosti newspaper testify to the excessive fertility of the second wife.

The largest families of our time

If the record of the peasant woman Vasilyeva has not been beaten by any woman to this day, Fedor Vasilyev himself, with a noticeable advantage, was ahead of the modern Hindu Zion Chan (Sion Khan). A polygamist will be born to 94 children.

so many children indian man was able to conceive thanks to his wives - Zion Chan has 39 of them. A huge family lives in a multi-storey building. The wives of sons and grandchildren of the father-hero live in it. According to conservative estimates, about 180 people live in the house.

According to the father of the family, they begin to prepare for dinner in their house before breakfast. As a rule, wives take part in cooking. To feed so many people, more than a dozen chickens and several carts of vegetables are spent on one meal.

In those countries where it is forbidden, the records are distinguished by "modesty". Leontina Albina, a resident of Chile, came closest to the Vasilyevsky record. She managed to give birth to 55 children and was also listed in the Book of Records.

AT modern Russia there are procreation heroes. Today they are Elena and Alexander Shishkin. The family (the direction of Christianity, where abortion is strictly prohibited) gave birth to 20 children. Nineteen of them still live with their parents, and the eldest son already has his own family and three kids.

Christian activists Bob and Michelle Duggar about large family did not think. Initially, their plans included giving life to two or three children. However, after the first baby and subsequent contraception, the woman had a miscarriage that nearly cost her her life. After that, the husband and wife decided not to interfere with "God's plans", and surrendered to the will of fate. As a result, they became one of the largest families in America, having given birth and raised 19 children. There could have been more babies, but Michelle's three births ended in the death of babies.