British family with 21 kids announces they’re pregnant with number 22
Over the last 30 years, Sue and Noel Radford, 44 and 46 respectively, have had 21 children. They range in age from 30 to barely a year old.
Now the Morecambe, Lancashire couple is having their 22nd child.
You read that correctly. They are going to have 22 children. And they are excited about it.
In a video posted to YouTube in October 2019, the Radfords announced that they’re pregnant yet again. That came as a surprise to many fans since the couple announced last year that they were done having children. 21 was enough.
But once you have 21 kids, what’s one more?! (To be fair, only 18 of them live at home.)
In addition to running the popular Radford’s Pie Company, the couple chronicles their lives on their popular social media pages, including their 100k-subscriber vlog on YouTube.
At one point, the couple planned to stop at 9 children and Noel even had a vasectomy while Sue was pregnant with their 9th child James. But they changed their minds (and vasectomies are reversible).
Now, they have Christopher; Sophie Rose; Chloe Anne; Jack Richard; Daniel Leon; Luke James; Millie Jo; Katie Louise; James Edward; Ellie May; Aimee Elizabeth; Joshua Benjamin; Max Joseph; Tillie May; Oscar William; Casper Theo; Alfie Thomas (who was stillborn but whom they count in their total); Hallie Alphia Beau; Phoebe Willow; Archie Rowan; and Bonnie Rae.
They also have four grandchildren and counting.
As you can imagine, Christmas is mayhem.
The happy couple isn’t sure of their baby’s gender, but Sue is “feelin’ a bit boy.” And while you might think she’s got that intuition thing down by now, both mom and dad were wrong the last time.
But one thing Sue IS sure of is that’s she’s not having twins.
“There is only one,” she says. “I’m tellin’ you guys, I don’t do twins.”
Yes, THAT would be inconvenient.
The family lives in a 10-bedroom house that used to be a care home, which they purchased in 2004.
As you might imagine, the house is full and the bills are high. They spend about $450 a week on food and meals out are a minimum of $200.
In addition to all the child-rearing and pie- and video-making, the couple spends around 3 hours a day cleaning up after their children. If that makes you shake your head, just think about the 39 pounds of laundry they produce every week.
But the family somehow manages the time and money to go on vacation, carrying a minimum of 7 suitcases, of course. Sue compared the packing process to a “military operation.”
This was all rather cute in a Duggar-style way until the couple revealed earlier this year that Sue was just 13 when she first got pregnant. To make matters worse, Noel was 18. In case you were wondering, the age of consent in England is 16, but at the time no one seemed to press the issue and the couple got married 5 years later.
While they’ve gone on to build a big and happy family, many people have been unable to get over the revelation – and they shouldn’t because it’s wrong and it’s important to point it out lest it get glossed over people think it’s not a big deal.
Nevertheless, the couple is nearing 1 million views on their pregnancy announcement video that was posted just 11 days ago.
You can scroll down below to see it (although we don’t blame you if Noel gives you the creeps now).
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