MaeDell Taylor Hawkins, 98, will welcome her 622nd grandchild this summer time.
The Kentucky matriarch has been photographed together with her daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter, great-great granddaughter and great-great-great granddaughter in an image of six generations that has — no shock — gone viral.
The image was taken on the finish of February within the nursing dwelling the place Taylor Hawkins lives; she is holding seven month previous Zhavia Whitaker whereas one in every of her daughters and varied grandchildren look on.
Taylor Hawkins’ many descendants may be partly attributed to the truth that her offspring (and their offspring) started having kids across the age of 19.
The matriarch herself married the primary time when she was 16. Her husband, 50 on the time, was a widower with 10 children whose spouse died giving start to twins.
He and Taylor Hawkins went on to have 13 extra kids of their very own.
In accordance with Gracie Snow Howell, Taylor Hawkins raised her kids in a home with out working water, and she or he had no fashionable conveniences, equivalent to a washer or dryer.
Eventually tally, the Kentucky lady has 106 grandchildren, 222 great-grandchildren, 234 great-great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-great-grandchildren dwelling throughout the US.
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