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Most Children Born to One Woman

The claim that the wife of Feodor Vassilyev had 69 children between 1725 and 1765, as listed by Guinness World Records, with doubts raised about the evidence and possible misreporting in 18th-19th century sources.

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Who holds the world record for most children ever born to one woman?

The Guinness World Records recognizes the wife of Russian peasant Feodor (commonly named Valentina Vassilyev) as the woman who gave birth to the most children — 69 children from 27 pregnancies — makin...