Biggest Families From Around The World

1. India: The Chana Family

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The largest family in India is currently the Chana family from India. The family, as of the moment has 94 members and spans 4 generations. The head of the family is Ziona Chana who has 39 wives. Together, they have 94 children and currently 33 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

2. USA: The Duggar Family

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The Duggar family is USA's biggest family. The parents are named Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and together they have 19 children and have starred on the popular TLC reality TV series '19 kids and counting'. They are Christians who prefer to home-school their children rather than send them to school.

3. Australia: The Colt Family

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The Colt family in Australia is known as having one of the largest families in the world, their growing family has around 20 members - the exact number is unknown. This isn't the only reason they've gained notoriety - they were investigated after a women had a child with her own brother, her father, and other members of her family.

4. England: The Radford Family

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the Radford's have been televised many times due to being the United Kingdom's largest ever family. The family have 22 children and live in Morecambe, England. Parents Sue and Noel own a family bakers where Noel and many of the family's children work to provide for the family. Both Sue and Noel were adopted as children.

5. Philippines: The Armando Family

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The exact structure of the Armando family is not known, but hey are the largest family in the Philippines with over 100 members. They a close knit family which support one another and they are well known due to their ties with politics and commitment to charitable causes.

6. South Korea: The Seokte Family

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The Seokte Family from South Korea are a strict and traditional family who currently have 13 children. This is the biggest family in South Korea. Each and every one of them were raised with strict values, family morals and a strong line of authority.

7. Saudi Arabia: The Al-Zawari Family

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The All-Zawari family are the biggest family in Saudi Arabia and one of the largest families in the entire of the middle east with around 100 members, including dozens of children and grandchildren. They are renowned for their status and power and wealth in Saudi Arabia.

8. Canada: The L'heureux Family

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The L'heureux family are fully self sufficient, they live on a farm in Canada where they produce all their own crops. All 17 children along with their parents live there, where they all work together on their produces and running their home and farm. They also have their own YouTube channel where they document their large family life and lifestyle.

9. Uzbekistan: The Salomov Family

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The Salamov Family live In Uzbekistan, as the biggest family in the country. They have 36 children who amongst them now have 90 children and now...20 great-grandchildren too. The family have formed their own community and they continue to ever expand.

10. Indonesia: The Mbah Gotho Family

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The father of the Mbah Gotho family is now sadly deceased, he passed away in 2017. However, his legacy is his huge family. He had 10 children, who have 17 grandchildren. It was also reported that Mbah may have been the oldest person in the world at the age of 146 years old.

11. Nigeria: The Abumbi Family

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The Abumbi family in Nigeria are a royal family with hundreds of members. The King has over one hundred wives with whom he has had children with the majority, and now has over 500 children. The exact numbers are very hard to conform due to the widespread family.

12. Bangladesh: The Mia Family

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Again, the Mia family in Bangladesh are of course one of the biggest because the patriarch of the family, Hazi Mohammed Mia, had 16 wives with whom he had children with each. He had over 200 children, and their family is renowned in the area not only due to their size, but also their charity and community work.

13. Mexico: The LeBaron Family

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The LeBaron family are a Mormon family. They have over 100 family members, in fact it is thought they have hundreds of family members however the number is difficult to track. They have a very strong faith which unites them as a very close knit family and community. They also have ties with politics and business within the community.

14. Lebanon: The Chamoun Family

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The Chamoun family are from Lebanon. In fact, Dory Chamoun the father and head of the huge family (with over 100 members) was the son of the former Lebanese President. The family still have hug influence in Lebanon, and with their growing numbers they are widely spread in Lebanese politics and areas of government interest.

15. Spain: The Mijares Family

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Spain, the Mijares has 50 family members. And you can really see the resemblance. The Mijares are a super close knit traditional family who were brought up with strict morals and values. Each of the family remain close with each other, despite the fact that some of the children already have moved out with families and children of their own.

16. Brazil: The Luiz Costa De Oliveira Family

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In Brazil, the Luiz Costa De Oliveira family are one of the largest in the country. The couple have 50 children and over 100 grandchildren. The patriarch of the family, and father, had 17 children with his first first wife, 17 with his second and around 15 children with his mistress! He admitted he didn't even know the names of them all.

17. Egypt: The Ahmed Family

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As you can see, the Ahmed family are super close. Family gatherings are extremely common. However from the picture you'd never guess that there are around 1,000 family members in total due tot he branching out and ever extending generations of Ahmed's.

18. Iran: The Tabatabaei Family

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And, if we thought 1,000 members were a lot - then meet the Tabatabaei family. Probably THE largest in the entire world, with an impressive 5,000 family members. The Tabatabaei's from Iran have continued to double in numbers over the last two generations.

19. Japan: The Ise Family

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In Japan, there are one of the largest families in the world. The extended family spans 1,200 members. The family started out very large and after generations of many, many children the Ise family continue to grow. Their family is very well respected and known in the community.

20. Russia: The Nikolenko Family

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The Nikolenko family live in Russia. Altogether the Nikolenko's have 25 kids, first the parents had 6 children together. Then, the parents went on the adopt 19 more children! The couple were actually awarded special prizes and bonuses for having such a large family at a tine when they were worried about a declining youth population.

21. South Africa: The Ngcobo Family

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In South Africa the Ngcobo family have around 50 members. The family have all stayed within the community meaning that they are extremely close knit and many of the family still actually live under the same roof as one another, or just a few doors down within the town.

22. Turkey: The Demir Family

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In Turkey, the Denmir family boasts an impressive 350 members. Many of the family have flown the nest and others are extended family as they continue to grow and expand as they are now 4 generations. In fact, there are now so many Denmir's that the exact number isn't officially known as not all of the family live within the area.

23. Wales: The Roberts Family

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The Roberts Family are by no means as big as some of the families on this list. However, their immediate family are currently at 12 people, and they look to keep on having more children. Th parents of the family had always wanted a family, and they believed it was important that they produced more Welsh speakers. The family lives in four bedrooms and sharing clothes is a must.

24. Zimbabwe: The Chisvo Family

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The Chisvo family from Zimbabwe have 20 children. Ages span from 30-years-old to just 2 years old. It was always a dream of the Chisvo family to have a very large family. Both parents and older children help to look after the younger children of the family and the older children work to help support one another.

25. Scotland: The Hann Family

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Hann family are strictly religious Mormon's. They have 12 children, however, when she was just 17 years old she fell pregnant and gave her baby up for adoption after being pressurised, meaning there are actually 13 children. The Hann's are very good friends with the Radford's. Parents Roy and Emma work hard to provide for their family.

26. United Arab Emirates: The Balush Family

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Daad Mohemmed Al Balush has almost 100 children. This is because he has had around 17 wives, 4 at a time due to it being the legal limit in the area, meaning their have been a lot of divorces and remarriages. He has had multiple children with each of these women, leading to a huge brood of children.

27. Ghana: The Nyandoro Family

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Nyandoro is a a chief in Tenzuku. He has 47 wives...and 240 children! He believes that it is his full time job creating more and more off-spring, and satisfying his multiple wives. In fact he revealed in an interview that he spends time with around 4 wives a night to take turns.

28. New Zealand: The Brunton Family

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Michelle (45) and Peter (47) Brunton have a very large family, the biggest in New Zealdan, with 17 children! The family are very loving and grateful that they have an extremely large family. Their parents even had a large barn built just so that the family could all gather around the table for Christmas.

29. Ukraine: The Semenyuk Family

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In Ukraine, the largest family is The Semenyuk family. The oldest member is the father of the family who is now 87. He has had many marriages, 13 with his first wife and then many marriages more have produced him more and more children until he has now amassed a family of 346 offspring. The youngest is just a few weeks old.

30. China: The Xiangying Family

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Li Xiangying and Yi Mamei have 5 boys and 5 girls living under the same roof. The family are grateful for their super large family despite living conditions and their living situation begin very difficult. And, one of their children tragically died after drowning.