We've actually caught a few documentaries about this family...and the story goes on!
17 children just aren't enough for one couple
By JILL ZEMAN
The Associated Press
Michelle Duggar is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, top left, while she holds her newborn daughter, Jennifer Danielle.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- It's a girl -- again -- for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the parents of 17 children.
After Jennifer Danielle was born Thursday morning, her parents 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.
All 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" 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.
