A large family in our country is that family in which there are three or more children. According to statistics, today only 2.6% of Russian families are large, and in the world not many couples give birth to more than 2-3 babies.
But the largest family in history had 69 children. That is how much the wife of the peasant Fyodor Vasiliev, who lived in the Russian city of Shuya in the 18th century, gave birth.
Of course, many more children in the same family are born in those countries where polygamy is allowed. But in our selection today, only traditional monogamous couples are represented.
Families from Russia, Ukraine and the USA in Top 5 most large families of our time.
5. Nadezhda and Ivan Osyaki
In 2009, the nineteenth child was born in the Osyakov family. In the same year, the family was invited to the Kremlin to present the Order of Parental Glory. And today, Ivan and Nadezhda have five grandchildren.
Osyaks live in Rostov-on-Don, both spouses come from Orthodox families with many children.
4. Henry Wilson and Anna Josephine Crocker
This American couple has 19 children. The couple decided to become parents with many children at the beginning of their life together, but, of course, they could not imagine what outstanding results were achieved in the end, planning to have three kids.
And now parents raise 10 girls and 9 boys.
3. Alexander and Elena Shishkin
The Shishkin family from the Voronezh region has 20 natural children - 11 daughters and 9 sons. Parents managed to set such a record, despite the fact that in their youth, doctors predicted Elena problems with childbirth due to a negative Rh factor.
This year the eldest son will turn 37 years old, the youngest daughter - 12 years old.
The Shishkins have 23 grandchildren and a spacious country house, which was built by the whole large family.
2. Jim Bob and Michelle Daggar
The largest family in the United States has 19 children. It is noteworthy that all children have names beginning with the letter J. Spouses Daggar are supporters of home education, they do not resort to the services of kindergartens and live outside the city.
On one of the American television channels, the family was dedicated to the 19 Kids and Counting program cycle.
1. Leonora and Janos Name
Ukrainian spouses Name themselves from large families - Yanosh has 16 brothers and sisters, and his wife Leonora - 14. In 2013, Leonora gave birth to the twenty-first child and now her parents have 10 girls and 11 boys.
The Nameni family lives in a small two-story house on the outskirts of a village in the Chernivtsi region.
Older children have already managed to give their parents eight grandchildren.
