Emma Derric struggled to recover from rheumatic fever throughout her childhood and was told having children would be too dangerous. But Mrs Derrick defied the odds and now she has 14 children, at least 46 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren.
The current total is 153, her children and grandchildren range in age from Royston, who is 67, to the latest addition, who is almost one. Speaking about her big family Mrs Derrick said, “When I was a teenager, he doctor told me if I managed to have one baby then I could have a dozen. I kept him to his word.
Mrs Derrick, who lives in Knowle, Bristol, is pictured with her extended family in 1997
A year ago we featured a story about the man who has 39 wives, 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.
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