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22nd Oct 2019

Woman pregnant with 22nd child continues to add to Britain’s largest family

Jade Hayden

She’s due next year.

A woman pregnant with her 22nd child (yes, really) is continuing to add to Britain’s largest family.

Sue Radford, 44, confirmed that she and her husband Noel, 48, are expecting again via a YouTube clip of herself holding up an ultrasound and being excited.

“So now you know guys, we’re having a baby,” she told her audience.

“We’re just coming up to 15 weeks pregnant and we’ll be able to find out the gender of the baby soon.”

“I wonder if it will be 11 of each – I am feeling a bit boy.”

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This child will be Sue’s 22nd since she gave birth for the first time at the age of 14.

The couple – who have long lived up to their title of Britain’s largest family – currently have 11 daughters and 10 sons.

They are: Chris, 30, Sophie, 25, Chloe, 23, Jack, 22, Daniel, 20, Luke, 18, Millie, 17, Katie, 16, James, 15, Ellie, 14, Aimee, 13, Josh, 12, Max, 11, Tillie, nine, Oscar, seven, Casper, six, Hallie, three, Phoebe, two, Archie, 18 months; and Bonnie Raye, 11 months.

Sue said last year that Bonnie Raye was going to be her last.

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“The maternity clothes will be going in the bin shortly,” she said. “I won’t miss being pregnant at all.”

“All the midwives at the hospital were asking if they would see us again next year and we both said, ‘definitely not’. We’re just going to keep enjoying the children and enjoy our grandchildren.”

The Radfords live in a 10 bedroom house in Lancashire. They rely primarily on Noel’s bakery business as a source of income.

The 48-year-old dad of 21 (soon to be 22) decided a few years back to have a vasectomy.

However, he soon reversed the decision opting to have more children.

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