Members DAMfan Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 The greatest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev, a peasant from Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 pregnancies, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy. The case was reported to Moscow by the Monastery of Nikolsk on Feb 27, 1782, which had recorded every birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 Did she ONLY have multiples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 That poor woman. I can't believe she lived through so many births. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 Whoa. I don't even want one kid. Much less 69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'm having a hard time believing this. Not only because it's incredible that she would have survived so many births, but also because I highly doubt that 67 of those children would have survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted May 11, 2015 Members Share Posted May 11, 2015 Yep. Surviving that many twin and triplet births before modern medicine is very unlikely. Add to that so many of the children surviving and I have major doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted May 12, 2015 Members Share Posted May 12, 2015 Links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 12, 2015 Members Share Posted May 12, 2015 Yeah I doubt that's remotely true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted May 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2015 http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_record_for_most_births_by_one_woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted May 12, 2015 Members Share Posted May 12, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_Vassilyev No real details about his first wife though. Vassilyev also had 18 children with a second wife reportedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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