Arkansas couple has 17th child

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/08/03/17.kids.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

It's a girl -- again -- for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the proud parents of 17 children.

And after Jennifer Danielle was born Thursday morning, her parents already were talking about having more children.

"We'd love to have more," Michelle Duggar said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."

The family's home in the northwest Arkansas town of Tontitown includes dormitory-style bedrooms for the boys and girls, nine bathrooms, a commercial kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.

The children are home-schooled by Michelle Duggar, 40. The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old. The family includes two sets of twins.

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, 42, a former state representative who sells real estate. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."

All of Jennifer's siblings also have names that start with J. They are: Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.

The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network.

Among the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the family has gone through about 90,000 diapers, and Michelle Duggar has been pregnant for 126 months -- or 10.5 years -- of her life.

Raph's Girl note: Good lord! And they want more?! :o And Jinger is an extremely rare form of the name Ginger.

[Leogeddon]

WOW!!! Amazing, and they still go at it! I thought after the 10th child they'd stop!

[Roseangelo]

I remember this family being in the news when #16 was born.

[Jo Dawn]

Yeah, I heard this news yesterday... They have a show on the Discovery Channel. Quite facinating, actually. They started with a bunch of specials about them, and now they have a series (or had). Very nice family.

I was impressed when they originally lived in a house with like two bathrooms, haha. No fighting, I couldn't believe it.

[Roseangelo]

Discovery channel? I think I actually get that... what's the show called?

[Jo Dawn]

Ah, shoot... I just checked. It's Discovery Health Channel (sister channel, sorry. There's so many of them!!) and it's 'Raising 16 Children'.

Though looks like they must change that now!

[Buslady]

thats insane and they want more??? where do they get all the $$$$ to support them all if one parent stays home to school the kiddos????

[Jo Dawn]

TV, lol. But have you SEEN their house? It's sweeeeet. They started out building it themselves, then finally got a contractor friend.

And has anyone seen when they went on vacation? They are so uber organized. The mom's so soft spoken... Which is pretty common with all those kids, I find.

[Leogeddon]

what kinda jokes can they make to the single child parents at that age??
"Well, my army of kids can trash your single kid."

what else can they say??

[Roseangelo]

Oh rats, I only get the basic Discovery Channel.

[Barkworm]

I think this is a bit... gross.

[Sewer Bull]

All of Jennifer's siblings also have names that start with J. They are: Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.

Jesus.

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[Sunshine]

Jesus.

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:lol: Bull I adore you! ^_^

[RAM BAM]

Jesus.

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You can never have enough puns in the world!

[Katie]

my goodness!

40 and just had # 17. There's hope in the world for me yet.


more power to them. I would have lost my ever loving mind with 10 boys....and then in the teenage years with the girls :( This woman must be a saint!

ugh....just thinking about it.....I'm gonna make a horrible mother.

[Spitfire]

That is sickening

[Drtooth]

I third it. The motion carries. This is disgusting and just wrong. The bloody country...the world is over populated enough without freak couples having double digit children. if you want to give that much love, hey... ADOPT! There are millions of kids that want a warm safe home. get one of those and stop adding to the overpopulation of the world.

[Monty Python and the Meaning of life Reference] Or else you'll have to sell them for lab experimentation to pay the rent. [/Monty Python and the Meaning of life Reference]

[Jester]

So they have 17 kids....how is that in itself disqusting?

[Sewer Bull]

Heh... I second Jester. This situation might be weird for most of us, but what exactly makes it 'disgusting'?

[Mecha Cow]

This is disgusting and just wrong. The bloody country...the world is over populated enough without freak couples having double digit children. if you want to give that much love, hey... ADOPT! There are millions of kids that want a warm safe home. get one of those and stop adding to the overpopulation of the world.

So you're saying people shouldn't have children when they can adopt instead? What the f*ck...Since when is the US overpopulated anyway?

I think it's pretty weird too, but it isn't disgusting per se, and certainly not wrong.

[Drtooth]

So you're saying people shouldn't have children when they can adopt instead? What the f*ck...Since when is the US overpopulated anyway?.

Not really... but if you want a grotesquely large family, it couldn't hurt to adopt for your 356th child.

I personally don't get why people want more than five kids. I mean, how much is that going to be putting them through college? Huh?

I'm not saying we should adopt China's one child only law, but when people have double digit kids.... that's just too much. Save some jobs and resources for the rest of us.

[Revan]

And Jinger is an extremely rare form of the name Ginger.
They ran out of names!:lol:

Ha that's very interesting. I wonder if they receive any outside funding to raise their family. 17 seems like a lot of money!