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Has anyone heard of the Duggar family, from Arkansas?

The couple has 17 children! All their names begin with a J: Joshua, John David, Janna, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, Jame, Justin, Jackson, Johannah...

Check out their pictures, they are quite interesting. Look at that house.
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Are there adopted children among them?
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it's not a big deal in my place
my uncle has 20 kids for two wives and live togther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
would like to know thier names????????????????

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers
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Xkalibur wrote:Are there adopted children among them?
No, all biological.
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sweets wrote:it's not a big deal in my place
my uncle has 20 kids for two wives and live togther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
would like to know thier names????????????????

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers
That man has just one wife. And don't want to comment on bigamy.
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Dixie wrote:Has anyone heard of the Duggar family, from Arkansas?

The couple has 17 children! All their names begin with a J: Joshua, John David, Janna, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, Jame, Justin, Jackson, Johannah...

Check out their pictures, they are quite interesting. Look at that house.
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Dixie, so they are partying everyday... It's like a hotel and restaurant business in one family... wow!!! :-)

and Dixie, do you have any idea how much is the overhead expenses in a day??? :roll:
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Happy family, isn't it? :-)
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Krisi wrote:
and Dixie, do you have any idea how much is the overhead expenses in a day??? :roll:
Absolutely no idea, Krisi. But I think the mother doesn't work!
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sweets wrote:it's not a big deal in my place
my uncle has 20 kids for two wives and live togther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
would like to know thier names????????????????

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers

My grandma had 18 kids.
My great grandpa only had six kids with two wives.
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In my country a lot parents had 10-15 children before some yrs but they were poor :-? :-? .An intresting family I can say nd with a very beautiful house.
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About this family I see that in the master bedrom they don´t have a TV. Is very urgent they buy a TV.

What does the father do to suppor the family? Is he a rich man? or maybe the recive compensations about the brands of all the furnitures he has in his house. I mean, maybe the company of the watermachines give him money to make promotion of the good quality of the machine, Same with refrigerators, microwabe, etc.

I think is not a mother in this house, Is a bunny. Have this Mom thought what happen with the little children if she or he, or both pass away?
Brothers coudl have a responsability taking care of their sisters and brothers, but finally they have the right to build their own life.
This Is a irresponsability.
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Elba wrote:
I think is not a mother in this house, Is a bunny.
Exactly!
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Elba wrote:
I think is not a mother in this house, Is a bunny. Have this Mom thought what happen with the little children if she or he, or both pass away?
Brothers coudl have a responsability taking care of their sisters and brothers, but finally they have the right to build their own life.
This Is a irresponsability.
On the contrary, I would say that is A LOT of responsibility. Some people choose to have no children and no responsibility; some people have children but then don’t want that responsibility anymore, so they abandon their children; yet others don’t abandon but abuse their children, which is not any better….
These parents don’t do anything of the above; they love their children and care for all of them. I wouldn’t call them irresponsible. As for a possibility of parents passing away, well, that could happen any time to any parents no matter how many children they have, and if it happens the children will be left orphans and some other people will have to take care of them. But if someone is constantly afraid of dying and leaving his/her children behind, what’s the point of life at all, what’s the point to have families and children at all?
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