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• Mega-Families Aren't Just for Crazy Americans

  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 ... Read More... Posted Jul 23 2008, 04:34 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: U.K., Daily Telegraph, big families, the mcdonnells, supersized families, mormons, the watsons, mega families

• Supersized Family: Duggars, Meet all 18 McDonnells

  The Duggars get all the attention for the tiny nation-state of 17 (and a half) kids the couple has managed to stuff into their RV and oversized Arkansas home. But they aren't the only supersized American family around.  Duggars, meet the McDonnells -- all 16 of them, plus Mr. and Mrs. Only 16, you say? Hardly competitive (and it IS a competition). But by my calculations, the McDonnells win, so far.   Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 01:04 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Large families, birth control, Kansas City, hysterectomy, zealots, the duggars, the mcdonnells, supersized families, offspring