Couple celebrates the birth of 100th grandchild

I often wonder what things will be like in the future when we have a grandchild or two running around.  An often-had conversation runs along the lines of "I wonder how many grandchildren we'll have?".

20 would be quite possible, I think, but how about 100?

Viktor and Aneta Urich from Alberta, Canada, recently celebrated the birth of their 100th grandchild.

The couple are both in their early 60's and the newest addition to their family was born to their eldest son, Heinrich, who is their fifth child of a total of sixteen.  Henry, as they have named the baby, is Heinrich's ninth child born to him and his wife, Tatjana.

With so many members to the family now,  they say that it's getting difficult to get them all together in once place at any one time.  They do make an effort to gather everyone twice a year on each of the grandparent's birthdays.

You can only imagine the fun that would be!

Read more about Viktor and Aneta Urich and their 100th grandchild here. 

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Happy New Year!

Wishing a Happy New Year to all of you from all of us!

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We are going to be on TV!

 

 



 

 

Earlier on this year we were approached to take part in a television series to be aired on a major UK channel.

In the past when we've been asked, we have been hesitant to accept and have normally refused.  This was one of the few projects we accepted and it turned out to be a lot of fun to do, with the whole family thoroughly enjoying the experience.

The crew from Lion Television have been sharing the last few months with our family, following us as we've lived our every day lives.

We and several other large families have enjoyed their company since the summer, with each of us having our own story unfolding in front of their cameras, and now the series is getting ready to air.

We're not sure how it's turned out or how we'll come across but I hope you'll tune in and watch Channel 4's insight into larger family life.  I don't want to reveal anything but you will definitely find it interesting and (hopefully) enjoyable too, so do tune in if you can!

The three part series "15 Kids and Counting" begins on January 17th, 2012 on Channel 4. 

(No doubt I will be reminding you again before then!)

 

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