Soon, it’ll be 19 kids and counting for Duggars
| September 1, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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That prolific Duggar family in Arkansas has done it again: Mom Michelle is expecting their 19th child in March.
Michelle, her husband, Jim Bob, and their large family are featured in the TLC series 18 Kids and Counting, which presumably will be due for another name change (it was 17 Kids and Counting until the birth of No. 18, Jordyn-Grace, last December).
The new baby will be a few months younger than Michelle and Jim Bob’s first grandchild, who is due next month. Oldest Duggar child Josh and his wife, Anna, told NBC’s Today show that they have decided on the name Mackynzie Renee.
People magazine is running an online poll on what the Duggars should name baby No. 19, in keeping with the “J” theme of the family’s other children. Five names for boys and five names for girls are in the poll, and People says it will send the results to the family. Somehow, though, I can’t see them picking boy option #5: Jay-Z.
The Duggars by the numbers
- 21 people in the family, including Josh’s wife, Anna
- 2 babies on the way
- 18 months: average gap between individual Duggar children
- 147 months: how long (so far) Michelle has been pregnant during her lifetime
- 200 loads of laundry are needed each month to keep the family in clean clothes
- 2 sets of twins in the family: Jana and John-David, and Jedidiah and Jeremiah
Learn more about the Duggars at their Web site.
18 kids and counting, jim bob duggar, michelle duggar, tlc
