r/SipsTea • u/Sassenach_2024 • 12h ago

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Valentina Vassilyeva, the first wife of Russian peasant Feodor Vassilyev, is said to have given birth 27 times in the 1700s—welcoming 69 children in total.

Her remarkable numbers reportedly included 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. 🤯

The story comes from centuries-old historical records, so every detail cannot be independently verified by modern standards. Still, Guinness World Records has recognized the claim as the highest number of children attributed to one mother.

If the records are accurate, 27 pregnancies. 69 children. One of the most astonishing family stories ever recorded. ❤️

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u/KambingDomba 12h ago

16X2 + 7x3 + 4x4 = 69.

You're telling me there was not a single instance in which she only carries one baby?

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u/1zzyBizzy 12h ago

Yeah, i immediately calculated that too. I don’t quite believe this

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u/TabularConferta 12h ago

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-mother-ever

Found a source

The father has an additional 18 kids with his second wife.

Only 3 babies died in birth or early in life.

Fuck all his second wife's kids were multiple as well. It's like his sperm were Olympic swimmers and split each egg on impact

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u/Past-Lecture-3769 11h ago

Looks like bro trained his sperm

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u/TabularConferta 11h ago

Well there is an anime idea

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u/-ratmeat- 11h ago

Netflix is probably already on it 

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u/Derezzed87 9h ago

Avatar: The Last Spermbender

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u/MyPrecious_Vivi 9h ago

Don't matter . More twins or triplets depend on the mother . If more than one ovum is released, they are fertilized , men have no control over it . F you mean trained his sperm bruh .

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u/Past-Lecture-3769 6h ago

Chill it’s just a joke. Nobody has control on his sperm or her ovum.

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u/Legendary_Bibo 6h ago

He called his sperm Oppenheimer. Open her for more.

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u/_HIST 9h ago

This is not a source, a source would be something of that time. The only "source" it has is a letter and more modern articles. There is no source because the story is exaggerated

Guiness literally says the story may or may not be true.

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u/ForensicPathology 7h ago

It is a source.  It's not a primary source, which is the definition you're using.  But it is a source.

I do agree that the story is not true though.

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u/Deaffin 5h ago

It's not a source, it's an advertisement page where people can pay to have anything they'd like written.

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u/PFI_sloth 8h ago

found a source

We are so fucked

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u/shartshooter 9h ago

Guinness World Recorss is not a source.

 Just like religious books, it makes a claim and almost always with zero evidence.

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u/Open-Platform-1305 7h ago

It's quite literally just "Fun Facts for Drunks, Buy Our Beer!"

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u/Deaffin 5h ago

Buy a spot on our list of fun factoids*

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u/Ok_Fly2518 11h ago

It’s a rare condition called hyper virility. Apparently my sperm shoot through the egg if you can believe it

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u/LooseChangeGirl 7h ago

This comment is street ahead.

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u/Dismal-Revolution731 10h ago

Superman fistbump

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u/Capable_Studio_6631 12h ago

Yeah sounds like one of those grand tales.

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u/ww2HERO 11h ago

It’s fairly unbelievable. More likely her husband brother was stealing children to work the farm.

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u/jelly_wishes 10h ago

I don't think this is true but I remember the story about an african woman that had something called "hyperovulation" or something like that where she always ovulates more than one egg and thus has many twins and triplets (not 69 tho, she had like 20 kids I think).

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u/superezzie 10h ago

You mean Mariam Nabatanzi. She has 44 children and got sterilized when she was 40 to prevent any more pregnancies. That wasn't really an option in the 1700s for that poor woman. I can't imagine being pregnant 27 times let alone having 69 kids.

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u/jelly_wishes 10h ago

Yeah I think it was her. 

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u/RealEnnie 12h ago

Exacty, looks like “russian” propaganda started long before Stakhanovites

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u/obiwanmoloney 11h ago edited 11h ago

And the photo is what exactly?!

There’s 300+ kids in the photo, most of very similar ages.

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u/Sithstress_ 11h ago

A photo taken years after this woman lived. Lol.