100th Grandchild Henry Urich Born To Family In Grande Prairie, Canada

Henry Urich became the 100th grandchild of a Canadian couple this month.

The Daily Herald Tribune reports that Viktor and Aneta Urich or Grande Prairie, Canada, were thrilled nine months ago when they learned their daughter-in-law, Tatjana was pregnant.

"We were happy and we were waiting for it," Victor told the paper. "We want to have a party in the church with all the family together."

Victor and Aneta, both in their early 60s, have 16 children. Their son Heinrich is the fifth oldest of the bunch.

While 100 grandchildren is no small feat, the Urich's aren't the only ones who made headlines by hitting this remarkable century mark. Back in 2005, the BBC reported on Norwegians Randi and Filip Bekkevold when they celebrated the birth of their 100th grandchild.

But neither the Urich's nor the Bekkevold's can hold a candle to Bai Ulan of the Philippines. As Reuters reported in October, the widow now has 107 grandchildren and 138 great-grandchildren. Perhaps most amazingly, Ulan said she still remembers all the youngsters' names.

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Comments

[Richcrafter]

09:55 AM on 01/01/2012

I'm sick.

[pattyb413]

07:46 AM on 12/31/2011

Another porrly written article. Surprise. What does Heinrich have to do with this? You mention he is the 5th oldest. Okay. Who is the 4th oldest? Or THE oldest? Why just arbitrarily put that data? Is it because he is the father of the 100th grandchild? Then say that!! Hire some good writers, HUFF POST. Every day I see a few articles with so many terrible errors, and poorly written stories. I guess it's like so many other fields...people just don't care about quality anymore.

[laaambchop]

11:43 AM on 01/02/2012

are you okay?

[pattyb413]

06:38 AM on 01/03/2012

Yes, why?

[Scruffyboo2]

05:47 AM on 12/31/2011

The last thing this poor, beat up old planet needs is people having 100 grandchildren ... this is not sustainable, folks.

[Robert Pavese]

04:24 AM on 12/31/2011

This is nothing to celebrate , in a world of diminishing resources , it is heartbreaking

[trailerguy]

04:15 PM on 12/31/2011

agreeded

[Cheryl Sivertsen]

03:53 AM on 12/31/2011

Too many kids and too many grandkids!

[rewith85man]

02:25 AM on 12/31/2011

Even though I have big families on each side of my parents, it really seems no different than without them. We are not really that close.

[musiciangirl591]

01:28 AM on 12/31/2011

hey, whats wrong with big families? my senior theology teacher is the youngest of 13, he has 50 nephews and nieces (however you spell it).... more to love

[Scruffyboo2]

05:51 AM on 12/31/2011

MUSICIANGIRL: What's wrong with big families ... ? Take a look around you ... what do you want to do ... keep going until there's person per square yard ... ??

[musiciangirl591]

12:31 PM on 12/31/2011

overpopulation is a myth, check out demographic winter, birth rate in America is going down because we aren't having enough kids (2-3).... birth rate in places like italy and japan (believe it or not) are going down...

[Wordygyrl]

01:23 AM on 12/31/2011

Wow, I just read every single comment on here and it was very interesting. It seems a lot of folks are very concerned with overpopulation.
Besides a seeming "boom" in births, the expectancy of life has definitely been increasing.
I can't help to think, though, about disasters that have occurred in the last several years that have wiped out hundreds of thousands of people, beginning with the catastrophic tsunami in Thailand. I wonder if the gigantic loss of life has been considered when counting the current 7 billion?

[letmeowt]

01:02 AM on 12/31/2011

Just watch. The hyperfertile Duggars (19 kids already) will eclipse the Ulrich's record in no time. Ol' Jim Bob Duggar likes his baby machine wife barefoot and preggers.

[tccat4]

02:04 AM on 12/31/2011

Sad to think of that, all living on the Duggar Compound (the 20 acres he has set aside if they want to build their homes where the parents live now) I was watching one of the shows last week and how each child had a birthday day with mom, or the little girl wanting to go to the store and not being allowed to because there were already 5 in the van, so she got to stay home. I felt sorry for her. Thinking that if there were fewer children, they wouldn't have to wait for birthdays to be special, or get to go with mommy to the store, each time. As a single parent when my first children were born, I took them everywhere with me, and when I remarried and had a few more, they all got to go, I never had to make it a special day for them to feel like they belonged.

[missmcgillicuddy]

09:56 PM on 12/31/2011

so what? the little girl had to stay home... if that's the worst that could happen on any given day, she's a lucky little girl... why is that sad?

[nofoolsteaforme]

12:11 AM on 12/31/2011

Birth control has advanced a lot. Use it, the world depends on it.
My method was rude and primative.
When a a woman asked me if I like babys, I said I like them for breakfast :-). Not one accident, yay.

[nofoolsteaforme]

11:50 PM on 12/30/2011

The world population reached 1 billion in 1804, 6 billion in 1999 and 7 billion now. Why people can't see that this is not sustainable and is the greatest risk to humanity I don't understand.
Large families are almost a guarantee that our childrens, childrens children will face a terrible existance. It took all of history to 1804 to get to 1 billion now another billion every 10 years or so is absurd.

[adam646l]

02:15 AM on 12/31/2011

Curious as to how many children you have. I adopted.

[nofoolsteaforme]

01:27 PM on 12/31/2011

None, I did not marry until I was 40. I am OK to just be a good uncle that cares about the future of all the worlds children. I always vote to suport the schools, to protect the environment etc. I don't want to require people to stop over populating. I think that people can learn to make good decisions. Anyone with accurate information will come to realization that the current trends of population growth are unsustainable.
Adopting is a great and wonderful thing for everyone so long as the adoptors are good and capable parents.

[tpetrello]

11:43 PM on 12/30/2011

SEX is wonderful....great.....pleasing....fun....BUT...DOES THAT MEAN EVERYTIME YOU STEP UP TO THE PLATE, THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT A HOME RUN.....SOMEBODY PLEASE BUY THESE PEOPLE TV SETS OR GET THEM A HOBBY BEFORE THEY START THEIR OWN WORLD HUNGER COUNTRY

[rjcate14]

11:18 PM on 12/30/2011

oh yay a family that is making it hard to have genetic variation in the world- someone is probably going to end up sleeping with a relative

[jnuntz]

10:57 PM on 12/30/2011

I bet they aren't all on welfare!

[CherMoe]

11:13 PM on 12/30/2011

No, they didn't go broke having to pay for health insurance because they have their own "socialized" or nationalized medicine. It helps keep your cost of living lower.

[laaambchop]

11:45 AM on 01/02/2012

well played

[DUTCHMAN67]

10:46 PM on 12/30/2011

Shameful. Somebody needs to be neutered.

[jessicadevyn]

10:52 PM on 12/30/2011

Agreed. I love my cat more than anyone. I think she is the most awesome and fun individual in the world. But I still got her spayed.

[peddler150]

11:25 PM on 12/30/2011

Why is it shameful? Just because you don't have enough bullets in the old gun makes you jealous. You should be ashamed of your comment little man/