My parents had seven children, at the time not an amazing amount, in fact I would say probably common enough in 1940s Ireland.
These children, in turn produced somewhere around 29 more children of their own, putting my parents descendants at about 36 people.

Now these children have in their turn started to produce even more children, by my very rough estimation it has climbed recently very close to 40.

My sister Val has much to be responsible for my parents tally of descendants fast approaching 80.

In the course of about three weeks during last summer Vals children produced two sets of twins and a singleton; three boys and two girls born to three sets of parents.

This is a photograph of all five together.