# Number of great-great-great grandchildren. Is this some kind of record?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-great-great-great-grandchildren-is-this-some-kind-of-record/292995 "2005-03-04T23:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-great-great-great-grandchildren-is-this-some-kind-of-record/292995/1 "2005-03-04T23:35:46Z")

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I come from a tiny town in rural Louisiana and I still read its paper online. I was a little sad today when I looked at the obituaries and saw that the following woman died. I knew her a little and I went to school with two of her grandkids. However, I had no idea that she had so many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great granchildren, and great-great-great grandchildren. There are 176 alltogether. Is the number of great-great-great granchildren a record for a living person. I googled and the most that I could find for anyone was 5. She blows that out of the water. Do you know of any similar situations?

“The celebration of the life of Mrs. Barbara E. Liles Galloway was held Friday, February 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Rose Neath Chapel in Logansport. She was a 100.  
\*\*She is survived by 30 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren, 54 great great grandchildren and 20 great great-great grandchildren. \*\*”

[http://www.toledobendtribune.com/obituary.html](http://www.toledobendtribune.com/obituary.html)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-great-great-great-grandchildren-is-this-some-kind-of-record/292995/2 "2005-03-05T00:57:12Z")

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I wouldn’t know, but it’s rare enough to simply _be_ a great-great-great grandparent. I saw a photograph once, of five women and one infant girl. It was a six-generation picture. In direct maternal line, with no gaps or in-laws, the oldest, at 103, was the g-g-g-grandmother of the 10-month old infant.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-great-great-great-grandchildren-is-this-some-kind-of-record/292995/3 "2005-03-05T16:56:57Z")

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From _Guinness World Records 2004_:

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> The most recorded living descendants of a monogamous person . . . is 824, by Samuel S. Mast (USA). At the time of his death on October 15 1992 at age 96, he had 11 children, 97 grandchildren, 634 great-grandchildren, and 82 great-great-grandchildren.

But no mention of g-g-g-grandchildren.