Some families can get pretty big. But I doubt you\u2019ll find a family bigger than this one from Illinois.<\/p>\n
This family has so many grandkids that the picture frames can barely fit on their walls!<\/p>\n
Meet Leo and Ruth Zanger of Illinois, who\u2019ve been married for 66 years and have 100 grandkids.<\/p>\n
Yes, 100 grandkids. That\u2019s a lot of kids to keep track of, and I don\u2019t blame you for doing a double-take at that header.<\/p>\n
Their 100th grandchild was born in 2015, after years of anticipation.<\/p>\n
When they realized the number of grandkids they had was 99, it became a bit of a race to see which of their kids would birth number 99.<\/p>\n
Technically, not all of the kids are \u201cGrandchildren\u201d properly. Some of them are great-grandchildren. But when you\u2019re around long enough to have this many, the distinction doesn\u2019t matter as much.<\/p>\n
Baby number 100\u2019s name is Jaxton Leo Zanger. He\u2019s the 46th great-grandchild.
\nIt really begs the question of who\u2019s keeping count.<\/p>\n
In fact, if I was one of the grandparents, I might end up forgetting people\u2019s names.<\/p>\n
At least my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can\u2019t blame me for that.<\/p>\n
I mean, how many people do you know have 53 grandchildren alone?<\/p>\n
But wait, 53 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren only make 99. That other one? That\u2019s a great, great-grandchild. Yeah, it keeps getting crazier, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
It started when Leo and Ruth had 12 children of their own.<\/p>\n
Already, that\u2019s more than most people ever plan on having. But I suppose they wanted a big family.<\/p>\n
Their eldest child, who\u2019s now over 60, already had kids of his own before his youngest sibling was born. So the youngest sibling was born an uncle already.<\/p>\n
Crazy how that works, huh?<\/p>\n
Needless to say, family gatherings are one heck of an occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we get together, it\u2019s big. It\u2019s really big.\u201d \u2013 said Donna Lane, one of Leo and Ruth\u2019s daughters<\/p>\n
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