Large family?

[DrLeftover]

Are you from, do you have, a large family?

I do not, and never wanted one as my grandmother was one of Nine children so I had plenty of cousins growing up.

But perhaps this is a bit extreme.

Tragedy as superdad who worked 'round the clock' to support his SIXTEEN children dies of a heart attack at the age of 56

Steel worker Terry Harvey, from Cardiff, pictured left with his wife Marie, had always wanted a lot of children but he never dreamed he would gone on to have 12 girls, four boys and 33 grandchildren. Mr Harvey, one of seven children himself, used to say Marie was a supermum running one of the smoothest households in Britain from their five-bedroom home in Llanedeyrn. Together they looked after their children Machala, 36, Leanne, 34, Tracey, 33, Samantha, 32, Christopher, 31, Colin, 29, Jodie, 28, Amy, 26, Kimberly, 25, Loretta, 23, Daniel, 22, Roxanne, 21, Shikera, 18, Shane, 15 and Jessica, 13. One of their children, Shiola, died in 1996 when she was five days old. After that, Mr Harvey had a reverse vasectomy operation so he could go on to have two more children. He is pictured top right with some of his family in 2006, and bottom right with more of his family in 1999.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783396/Superdad-worked-round-clock-support-16-children-dies-heart-attack-age-56.html

 

[Evil Eye]

My parents have a combined total of 10 siblings so... I've got plenty of cousins.

This is quite extreme however.

 

[Nebulous]

Very small (and shrinking) family over here.

I always wanted to have a large family but it didn't happen. The idea of it seems comforting in a way, to have all those close family members in your life.

 

[Dee]

Well, my biological mom and dad were both adopted when they were babies, so we didn't know for a long time who our real family was. But even so, I only have two brothers and one half brother, though it was my two full brothers and me, and just my mom and my dad. I don't know if I'd want a big family as I can't say what one would be like, but I'm happy with what I have. Sixteen kids, though...that's too many. >_>