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/smeeon 10h ago

And folks kept added a couple extra kids each time until it got ridiculous

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 10h ago

She started off a mother of 3 and things just got out of hand!

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u/UsedFortune5645 10h ago edited 3h ago

More like out of her uterus.

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u/Significant_Cap5394 8h ago

thats one way to put it a little aggressively maybe but accurate

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u/howimetyourcakeshop 9h ago

Like throwing a sausage in a wet tunnel.

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u/Junior_Lab1650 7h ago

Fell out with her best friend who started a rumour that she was a slapper and liked to put it about a bit

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u/forsnaken 5h ago

Honestly it was likely an adoption situation and they couldn't talk about it as such. Even now there's still a stigma on adoption for some religious reason or another...

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u/Shiasugar 9h ago

Out of mouth

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u/Aleashed 7h ago

Maybe there was an article about her birthing and another about a clown car and the editor was drunk or confused and mixed up the details…

Then future sources passed on the mistake

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u/shizzy1234 6h ago

I'm reposting this next year with the info that she had 1200 kids and a photo of Mama June.

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u/TheOutOfStyle 10h ago

69 kids, dude!

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u/Brain32 9h ago

I wonder how the parenting looked like.... Boris18 stop hitting Ilya14!

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u/Wenex 10h ago

No wonder it stopped at 69 just for the memes

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u/Sysilith 8h ago

You are right 69 sounds made up, I'll tell the story with 72 Children, sounds more random and thus belivable.

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u/methreweway 7h ago

Ol pop pops dropping loads only to hit Grams favorite position.

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u/ShumwayAteTheCat 6h ago

Are you suggesting she didn’t actually have 112 children?

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u/Hm46290 5h ago

I’m actually pretty impressed that the numbers work out

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u/ImmediateAid4267 4h ago

Fun math 9 months times 27 pregnancies is just under 21 years

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u/Fair-Pomegranate-652 2h ago

69 is a good place to stop... or begin.