Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mother's Day!

Did you know?

The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.

Reference: http://www.mothersdaycelebration.com/mothers-day-trivia.html