This huge Kentucky family’s 98 years old grandmother had the opportunity to meet her first great-great-great-grandchild.
MaeDell Taylor Hawkins met Zhavia Whitaker for the very first time in February when she was seven months old.
When Granddaughter Gracie Snow Howell posted a photo of the incident online, it gained a lot of attention. MaeDell presently has more than 620 grandchildren among the offspring of her own daughters and the descendants of their offspring.
“We believed this was unique because it’s all girls,” said Gracie, who appeared with
The Great-granddaughters of MaeDell are Frances Snow, Gracie Snow Howell, Jacqueline Ledford, and Jaisline Wilson are all featured in the photo. Sheryl Blessing, Hawkins’ granddaughter, captured the picture.
MaeDell will turn 99 in July.
She married a 50 years old railway worker with a total of ten kids from a previous marriage when she was 16 years old in 1940, according to Fox News.
Bill Taylor, her spouse, regularly traveled for work. The two nonetheless produced 13 children together, according to Gracie, and none of them had access to many modern conveniences. There was no washer and dryer in the home, nor was there running water.
“She wasn’t upset, and I understand she had it tough,” Gracie said to People.
Gracie continued by saying that she had never heard her mother Frances complain about their lack of things.
As can be seen in this photo of six generations of women, MaeDell’s love and support have surely led to decades of happy, healthy women and children.
If things went smoothly, the baby is healthy, Grandma is healthy, and we all get along, we’ll get together again in June and take another photo, Gracie said Fox News.
The Kentucky grandmother is believed to have 106 grandchildren, 222 great-grandchildren, and 234 great-great-grandchildren, 37 of whom live outside of Kentucky.
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