The family is the cell of society, its basis. Everything that happens inside it is reflected in society, since the latter is formed by hundreds of thousands, millions of such cells. In this article, we will compile an unusual list of the most prolific marriages and learn about the most large families in the world (and in history). I wonder who was not afraid of a large number of descendants and a large-scale continuation of their kind? Let's start our top ten "The Biggest Families in the World".
Vassilievs from Russia
In the 18th century, this family set a world record. So far, no one has beaten him. The huge family of the Vasilievs from the Shuisky district opens our top list of “The Biggest Families in the World”. The peasant's wife Vasiliev bore him 69 children! And such a number of descendants were born in just 40 years of marriage. How is this possible?! This is explained by severalmultiple pregnancies of a peasant woman: 4 times 4 children were born, triplets appeared 7 times, 16 cases when twins came to this family. After the death of his first wife, the peasant Vasiliev married a second time - 18 more children were born from this marriage. As a result, Fedor Vasilyev turned out to be the father of 87 children.
Leontines from Chile
Our list of "The Biggest Families in the World" is presented by the following Chilean couple of prolific Leontine parents. At the beginning of the 20th century, the 64th child was born in a friendly and large family. However, only 55 children were officially registered. This is not surprising or suspicious, since this situation with "unofficial" offspring is quite common in Chile.
Gravata from Italy
About the same time, in the twenties of the XX century, the 62nd baby was born in the Gravata family in Palermo. Throughout her life, Mom Rosa has produced one gear, fives, fours and two triplets, the rest of the births brought one child at a time.
Kirillovs from Russia
And again a large couple from Russia! In the 18th century, the peasant family of Yakov Kirillov lived and became famous on the territory of our country in the village of Vvedensky. He continues our list of "The Largest Families in the World." In total, the peasant had 72 children in his 60s. The first wife bore him 57 children, and 15 - the second. It was for these successes that Yakov Kirillov was noted at the court by Catherine II.
Grenade from Italy
Italy is not far behind! Another large foreign familysurname Granata continues our top list. Their 52nd child was born in 1832.
Mott from UK
The Englishmen Elizabeth and John Mott entered into a marriage alliance in 1676. They did not regret this decision. As a result of their family life, 42 he althy children were born.
Greenhill from UK
Another English couple of parents with many children. The Greenhills, who lived in Great Britain in the 17th century, produced 39 children. That's why they made it to our unusually prolific list.
Daad Mohamed al-Balushi from UAE
In the United Arab Emirates in 2012, the 94th child was born in the huge family of Daad Mohamed al-Balushi. Despite such a number of children, this prolific father is not in the first place due to the fact that 18 wives provided him with such a large number of children, successively replacing each other after a divorce. According to Sharia law, a man could have 4 official wives at the same time. However, due to the large offspring, he continues our top list of "The Biggest Families in the World."
Zion Khan from Indonesia
Today, in the Indian village, such views of Daad Mohamed al-Balushi are shared by Zion Khan, the founder of the sect, who, according to the laws of his religious cell, can have an unlimited number of wives. His large family lives in a 100-room modest house: 38 women of Zion live there, who gave birth to their husband in total94 children. The father of many children does not want to stop there and intends to continue his family.
Moulay from Morocco
In the 18th century in Morocco, the cruel Sultan Moulay Ismail, the owner of hundreds of wives and concubines, was in power. The Guinness Book of Records reflected the following figures on its pages: the Sultan gave birth to 700 boys and 342 girls. However, according to historical notes, half of the children born from concubines were not officially registered. The information reflects that every 4 days in the life of Moulay Ismail his child was born. Be that as it may, he is the largest father in the world, and his many thousands of kinship with wives and children is the largest large family in the world in all of history, albeit in an unusual sense of the word for us (for us, marriage is a monounion).
Large families in the past
Once upon a time it was believed that a family should be large and have many children - it is easier to live together in a big world. When everyone does their duty, things go faster and more conveniently. The craft (and this is education) and doing business in the world (society) was passed from grandfathers and fathers to sons and grandchildren, and housekeeping and all women's worldly wisdom wandered from grandmothers and mothers to daughters and granddaughters. So there was a transfer of knowledge, skills and abilities, culture was absorbed. The upbringing and education of the younger ones (through work, by example, mutual assistance, through communication with each other) took place interactively, right before our eyes. It did not depend on the strata of the population. Those who have had the opportunity to receive education from other teachers and professionals, those, of course,it was received, but it was additional, developing, expanding the boundaries of the knowledge that already existed. The development of generations went something like this.
Many children these days
Over time, everything has changed: social conditions, social attitudes and demographic outlook. Now in Russia a family with three or more children is considered to be large. Not all of them decide on such a number of children. It would be more correct to say that few people decide. Large families in Russia are only 7-9 percent of all existing ones. This situation is a reflection of many social factors: this is an insufficient amount of money earned, and the deterioration of the environment, which affects the he alth status of women and men in reproductive age, and the emancipation of women working on an equal basis with men, instead of doing household chores and raising children, as well as the emergence of a negative attitude towards large families.
With regard to our topic, we can probably dwell a little more on the last factor. What is the reason for the formation of a negative attitude towards large families in society? The fact is that in recent decades, such "cells of society" are mistakenly associated with dysfunctional ones. This happened due to the loss of moral and moral character by some representatives and due to the lack of education. Such couples, giving birth to children, are not involved in their upbringing and development (often they find themselves later without the participation and help of the second parent). Sometimes a large numberchildren can even be explained by existing benefits (the state allocates special subsidies to large families in order to support them). Such a child, of course, having a dysfunctional example before his eyes, as a rule, repeats it in his life.
However, it is a mistake to judge a whole category of large families by individual disadvantaged representatives. But in order for a shift in the perception of society to take place, again, successful examples are needed in the upbringing and overcoming of everyday difficulties by families with many children, and this is not a quick thing, a matter of an entire era.
