Collaborators Wanted

Question

Does anyone else share an interest in record breaking big families?

I have started a research category that may appeal to wikitreers who like record breakers, statistics and getting a feel how very large families impact on society.

I am also welcoming feedback if this is a helpful topic for a research category. I set it up as a research category rather than a project so we can keep the organisation nice and informal and dip and dip out without participation feeling like a longer commitment.

I included some suggestions on the category page for how people might help.

The page is at

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Big_Family

The first thing someone might like to collaborate with me on is getting those darn tables to display properly on the page. LOL!

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Here are some profiles that Aleš found to get us started.

Fathers with most children

WikiTree ID	Število
Andrus-17	57
Carter-976	42
Chamberlain-932	48
Gardner-1472	41
Grover-123	51
Kimball-87	64
Leavitt-602	47
Lee-8082	63
Smith-3437	50
Young-93	56

 

Mothers with most children

WikiTree ID	Število
Allen-11782	26
Ausmus-21	26
Benton-734	28
Billings-244	26
Bodelsdatter-1	28
Cherry-332	26
Clark-4152	26
Eyster-37	26
Friedline-1	29
Giebel-72	26
Hann-35	29
Higginson-82	26
Hogancamp-1	26
Kast-16	29
King-16669	26
Little-235	26
Locklear-16	27
MacIntyre-17	26
Meadows-778	27
Pitts-29	26
Polk-571	35
Rahn-17	31
Rose-2190	29
Roth-1665	31
Spear-402	28
Sykes-456	27
Teague-255	27
Treadway-41	26
UNKNOWN-150566	36
Venter-632	27
Walrath-58	28
Welty-226	26

 

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Wow......

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I'm guessing there might be duplicates to merge...

Had a go at the tables.

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I was going to say that many of your largest families will likely be Latter Day Saints during the time of polygamy. Also, there are definitely some issues with duplicates and possibly misplaced children in some of those profiles. Especially when it comes to the mothers.

Interesting topic.

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Thanks R. J. Horace.

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I think so and there are so many mind blowing things to consider about these individuals. I was just thinking about Milo at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Andrus-17 and how many people are walking around now with his DNA compared with other people from his era that had more average sized families. And these are still small families compared to the people reputed to have had a few hundred children like King Sobhuza II who had 210 children and only died in 1982.

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It's amazing what information is out there. I was looking at Norodom a King of Cambodia and Wikipedia states he had 61 children. 'That will be though' to track down I thought and then came across his family tree here http://www.royalark.net/Cambodia/camboa9.htm

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I agree with RJ's opinion about duplicates. And I looked at Ausmus-21, the woman who is alleged to have had 26 kids, and I find some indications of errors. These include:

• married simultaneously to two different husbands (and having two children by both during the same year)
• a pair of children born 16 days apart
• a pair of children born about 4 months apart.

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Yes, Ellen. I agree as well. Just initiated a merge on two of the children of Ausmus-21. These big family lists are a good way to identify duplicates.

Earl.

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Ausmus-21 is now down to 25 children following a merge overnight.

Earl.

Answer 1

Looking at those numbers mine are probably not big enough to qualify then. My biggest so far is a father with 17 children. There were 3 wives.