67 of the 69 children were said to have survived infancy. Allegedly Vassilyev also had six sets of twins and two sets of triplets with a second wife, for another 18 children in eight births; he fathered a total of 87 children. The claim is disputed as records at this time were not well kept.
Augustus II The Strong - Possibly 365-382 Children
But something else about him that is very extraordinary is the number of children that some people believe is fathered. According to history.info , he only had one legitimate son.
Known as the Sperminator the inseminator, or perhaps even "America's Dad," Ari Nagel is the biological father to over 100 children across the world.
According to a local monastery's report to the government in Moscow, between 1725 and 1765 Mrs Vassilyev popped out 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets, over 27 separate labours. The grand total: 69 children.
A woman named Halima Cissé, from Mali, gave birth to nine babies, five girls and four boys, in Morrocco's port city of Casablanca.
Trisomy 13 (also known as Patau syndrome) - MN Dept. of Health.
– Decuplets: a combination of 10 of a kind.
The most fertile woman in history is alleged to be an 18th-century Russian peasant called Valentina Vassilyev. Between 1725 and 1765, she is recorded as giving birth to a total of 69 children – 67 of whom survived infancy. This included 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.
The world's most fertile woman has had an incredible 44 children - and now has to raise her massive brood on her own. Mariam Nabatanzi had her record number of babies by the time she was just 36 and all with the same father. Now 39, Mariam has had three sets of quadruplets, four sets of triplets and six sets of twins.
Women can reproduce for about half of their lifetime and can only give birth about once every year or so. So it makes sense that women can only have a fraction as many children as men. One study estimated a woman can have around 15 pregnancies in a lifetime.
Donald Cline, a former fertility doctor who used his own sperm in donations, which resulted in his fathering at least 50 children throughout the 1970s and '80s. It sounds almost too twisted to be real, but unfortunately, Our Father is an investigative documentary, and Dr. Donald Cline is a real man.
He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting. His family and their four-story residence are one of the major tourist attractions in Mizoram. He was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Donald Lee Cline (born December 10, 1938) is a convicted felon and an American former medical doctor of obstetrics and gynaecology. Between 1974 and 1987, Cline sired over 90 children without disclosing himself as the sperm donor to his patients.
Jennifer Waters gave birth to five sets of twins within eight years. She became a surrogate mom to three of the five pairs of children. The mom was thrilled that the five pregnancies resulted in 10 healthy twins.
Most normal men could manage to fertilize two women per day (using the normal method) over a period of 40 years, if they lived that long - that could lead to ~28,000 children.
Surprisingly, Mel Gibson has 9 children, Mia Farrow had a whopping 14. DMX has had addiction issues, but has managed to have 15 kids along the way. And of course, Bob Marley spread his love all over the world, mainly in Jamaica, as he had 11 kids.
The man, Ziona Chana, is the head of a local Christian sect that allows polygamy. The sect, named "Chana", was founded by Ziona's father in 1942 and it now has a membership of around 400 families. Ziona, posing here at the site of a church he is building, married his first wife when he was 17.
How many kids does Nick Cannon have? Cannon is currently the father of 12 children: Moroccan, Monroe, Golden, Powerful Queen, Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, Zen, Legendary Love, Onyx Ice, Rise Messiah, Beautiful Zeppelin and Halo.
Kris Jenner is the matriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, with six kids and 11 grandchildren. She has six kids from two marriages — Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Rob from her first marriage to Robert Kardashian, and then two daughters, Kendall and Kylie, from her marriage to Caitlyn Jenner.
South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate, a struggle with lessons for us all. A woman holding her daughter looks at a view of Seoul in 2019. The fertility rate in South Korea, which has the world's lowest rate, hit 0.78 in February.
The lowest TFR recorded anywhere in the world in recorded history is for Xiangyang district of Jiamusi city (Heilongjiang, China) which had a TFR of 0.41. Outside China, the lowest TFR ever recorded was 0.80 for Eastern Germany in 1994.
When you know your average menstrual cycle length, you can work out when you ovulate. Ovulation happens about 14 days before your period starts. If your average menstrual cycle is 28 days, you ovulate around day 14, and your most fertile days are days 12, 13 and 14.
The longest interval between the birth of twins is 90 days, in the case of Molly and Benjamin West, dizygotic (fraternal) twins born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA to parents Lesa and David West (all USA) on 1 January and 30 March 1996.
The largest pregnancy ever recorded was of a woman in Los Angeles, California in 1945, who gave birth to 10 twins, making a total of 12 babies. She went on to give birth to 16 children in total, with the 10 twins being the largest number of babies born at once.
Some names for these are: Twins for 2 fetuses. Triplets for 3 fetuses. Quadruplets for 4 fetuses.