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Mega-Families Aren't Just for Crazy Americans

Posted by Madeline Holler

Seems the Duggars, that RV-driving Christian family with 17+kids, aren't the only ones who can't -- and won't -- stop having babies. Enter, the Watsons and their mother of 13 who is, again, pregnant.

What's interesting to note is that the Watsons aren't American. They're British. I guess the U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on extreme family (non-)planning.

The Watsons children range in age from 19 to 7 months old. Ten of the kids are girls.

This Daily Mail article spends quite a bit of time celebrating the fact that Joanne, 37, slipped right back in to her size 0 jeans just five days after her most recent birth. Well, then, she's clearly qualified to have lots of kids.

Not only does the mother of this mega-family wear jeans (as opposed to Mrs. Duggar's prairie dresses), she allows for a variety of initials for her children's names (you'll recall, the Duggars are obsessed with the letter "j").

Here's a rundown of the names:

With ten sisters and three brothers, baby number 14 will have plenty of siblings to play with at the family's four-bedroom home, including Natasha, 19, Bradley, 18, Shanice, 16, Mariah, 13, Georgia,11, Caitlin, nine, Brittany, eight, Febrianne, seven, Charlie, six, Lillyarna, four, Nerilly-Jade, three, and two-year-old Arnie and seven-month-old Tallulah.

Sadly, the couple's fourth baby, Augustina, was born prematurely and died when she was less than a day old. 

I always think families with four kids are ginormous. The Watsons and Duggars must just laugh at people like me.

 

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 Photo: DailyMail.co.uk

 


Comments

 

MissB said:

I didn't think the Duggars were Mormons.  I thought they were Church of God (Holiness) members.

July 23, 2008 4:51 PM
 

Madeline Holler said:

Miss B!You're right, you're right, you're right. They're NOT Mormon. It's corrected in  the post. Thanks for writing in!

Madeline

July 23, 2008 5:02 PM
 

BBBGMOM said:

This is an evil thing to say, but the first thought I had in viewing their picture was that two or three of those girls appear to be gorgeous, while the other seven or eight... not so much.  Depending on the family's values (and the snarky press who lauds the size zero jeans wearing mum) it might be tough to be one of the "ugly" Watsons who didn't happen to win big in the DNA lottery...

July 23, 2008 6:20 PM
 

K said:

Stop picking on the Duggars!  This family isn't "better" than them just because the Duggars are Christians and use the same letter for their kids' names.  This is the second post I've read on Strollerderby comparing the Duggars to some other, more "normal" (read: non-religious) family.  Enough already!

July 23, 2008 6:53 PM
 

Madeline Holler said:

No, no, no, K, I'm not saying this family is better than the Duggars because they're non-religious (hell, they just might BE religious, the article didn't say). I'm saying the Watsons are better, because the Mrs. wears size 0 jeans!

BBBGMOM, oh, you are naughty!

Madeline

July 23, 2008 7:37 PM
 

Maeby said:

just cuz shes a size zero doesnt mean its all taut and nice. no way man, not after all those kids.

I love the Duggars though, even if they are all christiany.

July 23, 2008 10:06 PM
 

baconsmom said:

People actually do plan on 13 or more kids, you know. Big families aren't a sign of non-planning - and small families (we have an only, and she was accidental) aren't signs of careful planning.

July 24, 2008 12:07 PM

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