The largest mother in the world: who owns the absolute record?

Nowadays, few people decide to have more than two children. Families with many children cause surprise and admiration, because even one child has to spend a lot of time, energy and money. However, there are mothers who have given birth to several dozen children. This article is devoted to these heroines.

The family of Fedor Vasilyev

The record holder in the childbearing business is the wife of the Shuya peasant Fedor Vasiliev. The largest mother in the world was able to give birth to 69 children. In this case, the woman had 27 births: she gave birth to sixteen pairs of twins, seven triplets and four times a woman produced four children. According to the surviving documents, the birth took place between 1725 and 1782 years.

The history did not preserve the name that the world's largest mother had. It is known only that of the 69 children born to her, only two survived the infancy. An amazing family was even reported to the royal court.

By the way, after the death of his wife Fyodor Vasiliev married again. The second wife gave him 18 children, so the Shuya peasant can also be called a world record holder. Most likely, the record of a simple peasant family from the Shuya district will not be improved by anyone. By the way, historians believe that the first wife Vasilyeva died before she became a mother, and the mother of many children in the world in history - his second wife, who gave birth to 87 children of Fedor.

Elizabeth Greenhill

A couple from the UK, William and Elizabeth Greenhill, had 39 children: 32 girls and 7 boys. The last child born to Elizabeth Greenhill was Thomas Greenhill, who was born in 1669. The boy was born after the death of his own father: his last son William could not hold in his arms. Subsequently, Thomas Greenhill became a great surgeon. His fame was brought by the book "The Art of Embalming," in which the need for embalming for the funeral of representatives of the English aristocracy was proved. In addition, Thomas was the personal physician of Henry Howard, the 7th Duke of Norfolk.

By the way, Elizabeth Greenhill belongs to the world record for the number of births: the world's largest mother in the world has given birth 38 times, and all her children survived. It is interesting that the mother of many children in the world said that she would have given birth to at least two more children: unfortunately, because of her husband's early death, she could not realize her dream.

Leontina Albina

Leontina Albina was born in Chile in 1926. This woman managed to give birth to 64 children. True, this information can not be confirmed: for Chile this is very characteristic. The birth of "only" 54 children is documented. Unfortunately, 11 of the children born to Leontina Albina died during the catastrophic earthquake, and only 40 were able to live to mature years. In any case, the biggest mother in the world, the photo of which you see in this article, gave birth more than 50 times.

Arthur and Olivia Guinness

In 1761, the most famous brewer in the world married Olivia Whitmore. The couple had 21 children. True, until maturity, only 10 children survived. Three sons of Guinness later continued the work of his father. They became the first representatives of the greatest brewing dynasty, or, as it was called by jokers, "ginnies". Interestingly, the sons of Arthur Guinness were very enterprising and dexterous businessmen: under their able guidance, the brewery was able to survive the economic recession that followed the Napoleonic wars.

Tatyana Sorokina: mother of 74 foster children

At 18, Tatiana Sorokina married 23-year-old Mikhail. Mikhail grew up in an orphanage and dreamed of a big, united family. A year after the wedding, the first daughter appeared, and soon a son was born. Unfortunately, the boy became seriously ill and became disabled. The Sorokins decided that they would have enough for two children.

One day a family relative asked the Sorokins to follow a little orphan girl. After some time the girl was taken away and sent to an orphanage. Tatyana and Mikhail found their little pupil and adopted her. Later, three other children appeared in the family, which Tatiana literally found on the street. The Sorokins could not stop at this.

At the moment, the Sorokin family has been able to receive and educate more than 70 children. Most of them have already grown up, have received education and live an independent life, visiting foster parents only on holidays.

It is worth noting that some of the children, whom Tatyana Sorokina accepted, had a disability: mother's mothers refused them in the maternity hospital. However, regular visits to doctors, numerous operations and relentless care have borne fruit: now former refuseniks live a full life, forgetting about their own disability. Thus, Tatyana Sorokina is the world's largest mother, who raised more than 70 foster children.

Elena Shishkina

There is another heroic woman claiming this noble title. The largest mother in the world today is Elena Shishkina. The woman gave life to two dozen children: Shishkin's family has 9 sons and 11 daughters. At the moment the family lives in the Voronezh region.

The Shishkin family is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. After the advent of the twentieth child, spouses and their children were offered to emigrate abroad. However, a high standard of living and generous financial support could not force the Shishkins to leave their homeland. The father of the family is sure that sooner or later the government will take proper care of Russian large families.