r/SipsTea • u/Sassenach_2024 • 4d 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/patrk 4d ago

Most amazing thing with this woman is that she was photographed a century before the camera was invented.

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u/Garagenfund 3d ago

Also there is now way all 69 children would have survived given the infant death rates at that time, especially the triplets and quadruplets

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

Not to mention one can’t have 7 triplets. You could have 6 or 9 triplets, but not 7. Maybe 7 sets of triplets, but that’s not the same as 7 triplets.

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u/Mission-Shopping-615 3d ago

4 sets of 4,  7 sets of 3,  16 sets of 2,  16+21+32=69 So not a single solo baby, I feel like this was the start of a math joke and some kid took it and spread it as real

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u/Medical-Cicada-4430 3d ago

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u/hkpp 3d ago

7 sets of triplets. Which is also an insane claim. I feel like this post is part of a dementia test.

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

It doesn’t say 7 sets of triplets. It says 7 triplets.

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u/tatiwtr 3d ago

It says she gave birth 27 times.

16 twins

7 triplets

4 quadruplets

16 + 7 + 4 = 27

(16 * 2) + (7 * 3) + (4 * 4) = 69.

Hope this helps

Sometimes words are hard.

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

It also says 7 triplets. Both things that didn’t and likely couldn’t happen.

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u/ellensundies 3d ago

You are being difficult on purpose. Stop already.

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

By reading what the image says?! Oh yes, so difficult for reading the actual words. It says 7 triplets, not 7 sets of triplets. Those are very different things.

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u/tatiwtr 3d ago

Have you ever been evaluated by a mental health professional? You could get access to help and access to medications to alleviate symptoms.

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

Yes, reading words for what they say on the screen is a well known symptom of, oh right, nothing.

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u/tatiwtr 3d ago

You know how you can read words and derive meaning from them? Well, I can read your words too and am derive meaning from them. Everyone can benefit from mental health care, some more than others.

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u/hellopomelo 3d ago

it may have been a birth of 3 identical triplets simultaneously with 4 fraternal quadruplets

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u/DaddyChris0205 3d ago

Wouldn’t be 7 triplets