While most of the women are finding it difficult to rear even
two offspring, a British woman in Morecambe has already 16 children living at
home and is hoping for more.
According to a report in The Sun, Sue Radford says she
couldn’t be happier having the biggest family under one roof in Britain. She
told the newspaper that it could be hard work but she wouldn’t change it for
the world. “I love watching all the children grow up and I’m not sure we’re
finished yet,” the 37-year-old mom said.
Her husband Noel, 41, runs a bakery and earns around £30,000
a year income from their business.
The couple was childhood sweethearts when Sue fell pregnant
with first son Chris at just 14.
Both of them got married when Sue was 18 and soon after found
out she was pregnant with Sophie. Now,
20 years and 16 children later, both are still going strong. Chris, now 23, and
Sophie, 19, were joined by Chloe, 17, Jack, 15, Daniel, 13, and Luke, 12. Then
came 11-year-old Millie, Katie, ten, James, nine, Ellie, seven, Aimee, six,
Josh, five, Max, four, Tillie, two, and babies Oscar, 15 months, and Casper,
three months, reports the Sun.
Interestingly, Sue’s eldest daughter Sophie gave birth to
Daisy four months ago, making her a grandma at the same time. Sophie, her
partner Joe and the baby all live at the Radford family home, a nine-bedroom
former care home they own in Morecambe, Lancs.
Sue was quoted as saying: “A lot of mums tell me they can
only just manage with two children and have no idea how we cope with 16. The
key is routine though. Without a routine I think I’d really struggle.”
“I don’t think it’s
an addiction, we just love having children,” Sue reportedly said.
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