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Did you know that a Russian woman holds the record for producing the most children? She lived in the 1700s and had apparently as much as 69 children over a period of 27 years. To achieve this it had to of course be born several children at the same time. Siblings contained sixteen twins, seven triplets and four quadruplets. In other words, no child was born without a twin, triplet or fourfold.

Men have for obvious reasons more easily to beat this record.According to the Guinness Book of Records there was a Moroccan emperor who, around the 1700s, could call himself the father of all 342 daughters and 525 sons. Supposedly, he ended up with as many as 700 male successors.

Do you have any relatives who come close to this?

Source: "Why Evolution Is True" (Viking, 2009), by Jerry Coyne

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Trond 06-08-2010 12:47:00

Har heldigvis ingen slektninger med slike rekorder, det hadde vel blitt litt av
en jobb å grave frem alle personene i ettertid.

14 barn er det meste noen av
mine slektninger har fått (ihvertfall de kvinnelige).

15 barn på 30 år

Leif Erik 10-08-2010 01:26:11

Jeg har en tippoldemor som fikk 15 barn fordelt på 30 år. Den første fikk hun
da hun var 16, den femtende da hun var 46.