The world's biggest family: Man has 39 wives, 94 children & 33 grandchildren (PHOTOS)
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| with all 181 members |
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
They
live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang
village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant
communal dormitories.
Here is what he told the Sun:
'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after. I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,'
The
family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest
wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household
chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.
One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.
He
even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific,
and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with
communal dormitories.
He
keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of
the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for
who visits Mr Chana's bedroom.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said:
'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the villageOne of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them.
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| 100 rooms, the Ziona mansion |
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| With his 39 wives |
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| inside his house |
