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29th Mar 2017

Meet Britain’s biggest family, soon to welcome their 20th child

Cathy Donohue

Lancashire-based family, The Radfords of 19 Kids and Counting, have announced they’re adding to their brood .

Sue and Noel Radford announced that they were expecting another baby to add to their nineteen-strong brood via social media, with the caption “Boys – 10, Girls – 9 and BABY makes it 20. Arriving Sept 2017”.

According to The Daily Mail, the couple are parents to Chris, 27, Sophie, 22, Chloe, 21, Jack, 19, Daniel, 17, Luke, 15, Millie, 14, Katie, 13, James, 12, Ellie, 11, Aimee, 10, Josh, 9, Max, 7, Tillie,6, Oscar,4, Casper,3, and toddler Hallie and Phoebe, 1.

They sadly lost baby Alfie in 2014 when Sue was 23 weeks pregnant and later gave Hallie the middle name Alphia in memory of her brother.

A post shared by sue (@theradfordfamily) on

Noel works in the family bakery and leaves the house at 5am every morning while Sue takes care of her children, making it through nine, yes NINE, loads of washing a day.

The Radfords live in a former care home, which they have owned for 11 years and according to reports, neither Noel nor Sue claim any extra state benefits apart from the allocated child benefit.

They even have a Facebook page dedicated to the clan which you can check out here and they took part in a Channel 4 documentary, 19 Kids And Counting, which aired in January.

Main image via Facebook: The Radford Family