Sara McGinnis
posted in CelebritiesThe Sister Wives family featured on TLC's reality show is once again growing, which means patriarch Kody Brown is about to be dad to eighteen kids!
"We are so happy to announce an eagerly expected new member of the Brown family!" a statement from the family to Us Weekly confirming that fourth wife Robyn Brown is pregnant again reads.
Kody has been by his wives' sides through 15 previous pregnancies (Robyn has welcomed one child with him already, a son named Solomon, and she also has three children from her previous relationship).
"I try to always be kind and tender, but when a woman is expecting, you have to be ultra-sensitive," Kody said of his approach to helping whomever is expecting. "And always do the dishes."
He has one child with his first wife, Meri, six with his second wife, Janelle, and six with his third wife, Christine. The kids range in age from 19 to 4.
The pregnancy news comes just months after it was revealed Meri (Kody's first wife, pictured above in the dark purple t-shirt) chose to divorce him after 24 years of marriage. Despite it sounding like she was ready to leave their polygamist family, she has stayed in a "spiritual" marriage with him. Us Weekly also reports Kody later formally married Robyn, which they described as a way "to legally restructure our family.”
Eighteen children is mind-boggling to me (humorously, even more so than having four wives), but I do love hearing about the Sister Wives family and others like them who structure their lives differently than most of us. For me, it's two kids, one husband and done. For them it sounds like there's no particular limit in sight! Fascinating.
Are you a reality television watcher? Which shows have you hooked?
Photos: PR Photos, courtesy of TLC
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