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'Supersize' Families: The Joy of Having 8-Plus Kids

by Patty Bontekoe, Posted May 17th 2010 4:00PM

As a mother of eight, Michele Rusden says her calendar is key. Credit: Michele Rusden
When Melina Cummings, 37, of Montgomery County, Md., had her first child, she was overwhelmed. Three children later, she decided she was done having babies ...
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Big families are better

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 11th 2008 11:02AM

I grew up in a larger-than-average family, by today's standards, and I have to say I've always felt that big families were better for the kids than smaller ones, even as I worry about the effects of over-population. Cassandra Jardine, a British ...
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Want to live to 100? Father more kids

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 19th 2007 5:03PM

Ever heard someone say that their kids "keep them young?" Apparently that's true -- literally. A new study found that fathering a number of offspring is part of the formula for living past 100. At first, this doesn't seem to make sense. After all, ...
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101 grandchildren, and he remembers all of their names

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 15th 2007 4:02PM

Aleksei Shapoval had a lot of kids. Then his kids all had a lot of kids, and now, at age 72, he's a grandfather more than a hundred times over. Tatiana, Shapoval's 101st grandchild was born this week, giving him 50 granddaughters in addition to his ...
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