My answer
My Davey family seem to be having the largest number of children in my family tree.
3x great grandparents:
John Davey and Mary Anne Jennings married 1828 – 12 children, but 3 died under the age of 10
2x great grandparents:
John Davey and Anne Dixon married 1859 – 12 children, youngest one died aged 17 in childbirth
great grandaunt and uncle:
Mary Elizabeth Davey and Adam Brown married 1879 – 17 children, 6 died under the age of 5
great grandparents:
George Davey and Martha Colgrave married 1890 – 12 children, 2 girls died at 11 and 8
Readers: Is there a surname in your family tree that are having large families?
There are many large families in my tree. The sweetest one was a couple who had 16 children and all of them survived to adulthood.
Neumann/Newman family Queensland- German father Scottish mother; 19 children; 2 sets triplets; 2 sets twins;7 singles; 2 still births; twins appeared in following generations; multiple births highly heritable Mick
What a handful for that mother! The older daughters in that family would certainly be helpful as the younger members were born.