A Whole Files to the Sprawling Duggar Family Tree Amid Jessa Duggar's Being pregnant
With Jessa Duggar and husband Ben Seewald ready for child no. 6, rob a stare at who is who in the Duggar family tree, which incorporates Jim Bob and Michelle's 19 youngsters and 30-plus grandchildren.
There's a brand new addition coming to the Duggar family. Once more.
Jessa Duggar Seewald—the fifth eldest of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar's 19 youngsters—and husband Ben Seewald launched March 7 that they are ready for his or her sixth child collectively.
“Midway to retaining you in our fingers!” the pregnant Counting On alum captioned a snap of her sonogram. Their youngest will seemingly be half of sons Spurgeon, 9, Henry, 8, and George, 14 months, as properly as daughters Ivy, 5, and Fern, 3.
“Congrats. So chuffed for y’all,” sister Jill Duggar Dillard commented while pregnant sister-in-law Hannah Duggar—married to Jeremiah Duggar—wrote, “Yayyy!!! Can’t wait to meet this candy child!”
Jessa and Ben's poke to that candy six hasn't been straightforward. Serve in 2020, Jessa experienced a pregnancy loss. Two years later, she as soon as again got heartbreaking news when she learned at an ultrasound appointment that her pregnancy wasn't viable.
“As soon as she started taking a stare at the baby, I could possibly well describe there was some narrate in her direct,” Jessa said of the technician. “She said, ‘The sack seems factual. The baby doesn’t.”
Next came a tremendous wave of wretchedness and sadness.
“Nothing will comprise ready me for the burden of these words in that second,” she shared in a Feb. 2023 YouTube video. “At that second I was exact in total shock. I didn't comprise words. I exact at as soon as started crying.”
On the sanatorium, Jessa underwent a dilation and curettage blueprint. Nonetheless, leading as a lot as the blueprint, she remained in a advise of effort.
“Correct as they had been wheeling me abet, I exact wished to impeach, ‘Please, can I please comprise yet any other ultrasound? Correct please somebody take a look at, originate obvious,'” the reality television big name recalled. “I was having all these fears that per chance they got one thing scandalous.”
The devastation continued.
“Basically the most devastating second was waking up after the blueprint was over and exact having this hole feeling inner since you respect that the life that was in you will not be any longer there,” the 32-year-veteran said. “You by no manner did procure to stare your child or notify these goodbyes.”
But she and Ben, who wed in 2014, by no manner misplaced hope. While pregnant with George in Sept. 2023, she shared, “Each heartbeat heard, every ultrasound viewed, every appointment with a factual file… the troubles disappear rather of bit more. God has blessed us beyond measure.”
For a fat stare at the sprawling Duggar family, read on…
Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar
The fogeys of 19 and grandparents of over three dozen tiny ones started off as high college sweethearts.
Michelle has recalled being “saved” at 15. Then, one evening, Jim Bob was making home outreach visits on behalf of his Baptist church and he ended up knocking on the Ruark family's door after his friend told him that “this lady from college that exact got saved and is a cheerleader” lived there.
They invited Michelle to Sunday college at their church and, Jim Bob said, he prayed to god that they’re going to be each other's spiritual leaders—though it seems their first assembly wasn't as memorable for Michelle. A year later, she applied for a job at the frozen yogurt shop owned by Jim Bob's fogeys. “You came to the counter where I was standing by the cash register and launched yourself,” Michelle remembered in a letter posted on the family weblog in 2017 for Jim Bob's birthday and their thirty third wedding anniversary. “You had been jumpy but very candy! I no doubt don't endure in thoughts important about that dialog, other than that you at last mustered up the courage to impeach me if I would scramble to your junior-senior feast with you!”
She attended the dinner with him at Shiloh Christian, on the replacement hand it was after they frolicked later on discussing the Bible for hours at her fogeys' residence that she knew.”From there, we bear our hearts had been knit collectively,” Michelle has said. “We graduated high college in May possibly possibly furthermore of 1984 and had been married in July. I was 17 and Jim Bob was 19.”
40 Years Later…
The couple dedicated themselves to God and each other for the prolonged hobble.
Jim Bob is a outmoded advise legislator, having served in the Arkansas Condominium of Representatives for the sixth district from 1999 till 2002, one day of which he was vice chair of the Condominium of Corrections and Criminal Law Subcommittee. A hobble for U.S. Senate in 2002 resulted in the principle, as did a describe in 2006 to change into the Republican nominee for Arkansas Roar Senate District 35.
He and Michelle, who are both licensed realtors, had been crammed with life in conservative causes—an side of their each day life that received them and 19 Children and Counting (which premiered in 2008 as 17 Children and Counting) both proud supporters and fierce critics.
As of October 2024, they had been grandparents of 33 with three on the blueprint.
Josh Duggar (m. Anna Keller)
Eldest Duggar child Josh Duggar was born March 3, 1988. He too grew to change into a conservative activist, campaigning for the Family Analysis Council.
He stepped down after veteran police records surfaced in 2015 revealing that he had been accused of molesting lots of girls, including his sisters Jessa Duggar and Jill Duggar, when he was a teen. Jessa defended her brother in a take a seat-down with Fox Files that June, insisting that the worst names of us had been calling Josh had been “so overboard and a lie, no doubt. I mean of us procure excited at me for announcing that, but I will be capable of notify this because I was no doubt one of the most victims.”
His valuable other Anna Duggar—whom he married in a Sept. 26, 2008, ceremony featured on 19 Children and Counting—also stuck by him, including after he admitted to being untrue.
When he checked into a remedy heart in 2016, his fogeys called it “a extraordinarily valuable first step in recovering and therapeutic.”
Fogeys of three—daughter Mackynzie (Oct. 8, 2009) and sons Michael (June 15, 2011) and Marcus (June 2, 2013)—when the scandal broke, Anna gave starting up to their fourth child, Meredith, on July 16, 2015, the identical day TLC canceled 19 Children. Their fifth child, son Mason Garett, was born Sept. 12, 2017, daughter Maryella Hope arrived Nov. 27, 2019 and child No. 7, Madyson Lily, was born Oct. 23, 2021.
In a federal indictment filed in April 2021, Josh was charged with a count apiece of receipt and possession of child pornography. He pleaded not responsible on both counts. In 2022, Josh was figured out responsible of both (but the possession price was vacated by the resolve) and sentenced to 12 and a half years in jail.
John David Duggar and Jana Duggar
Rapidly after Josh was born, Michelle got pregnant again, but suffered a miscarriage. While she and Jim Bob had been serene grieving that loss and praying for steerage, they figured out out that twins had been on the blueprint.
“We felt it was a double blessing,” she told Settle on to Know. “God was encouraging our hearts. We're serene learning. It's no doubt so atypical, because I breastfeed my babies, but my youngsters are so shut collectively. I no doubt comprise a baby after which eight months later I'm ready for. Correct one more atypical ingredient the Lord has viewed match to procure with our discipline.”
John David Duggar and his twin sister Jana Duggar had been born on Jan. 12, 1990.
John David Duggar (m. Abbie-Grace Burnett)
After a whirlwind courtship (they did know of each other for lots of years, earlier than assembly at a church match in Abbie's home advise of Oklahoma) and a temporary engagement, John David and Abbie-Grace Burnett got married on Nov. 3, 2018.
They welcomed daughter Grace Annette Duggar on Jan. 7, 2020 and son Charlie Duggar in September 2022.
On their 30th birthday in January 2020, Jana wrote in a candy message, “Ever since John and I had been tiny we've been requested if now we comprise that 'twin ingredient'. , the ingredient where it’s likely you’ll possibly well properly be feeling what the replacement one is feeling or know what the replacement one is pondering…Successfully, John, I've repeatedly answered that with a no—but now I will be capable of essentially notify that the day tiny Gracie was born I felt every bit of happiness that you presumably did, so I bet it desire to be staunch!”
Jana continued, “It's so candy staring at you & Abbie as fogeys! You're naturals! And the identical qualities which comprise made you a ravishing brother will also originate you an out of this world dad.”
Jana Duggar (m. Stephen Wissmann)
Jana watched 11 of her 18 brothers and sisters procure married earlier than she figured out take care of with Stephen Wissmann—whose sister Hannah Wissmann is married to the TLC alum's brother Jeremiah—but despite some admitted frustrations, she maintained it was all fragment of God's conception.
“I haven't repeatedly understood what the larger image is, but I do know that God is conscious of what is easiest for all of us. And so for me, it's getting married later,” Jana told Folks in August 2024, almost at present earlier than her wedding. “Each of our tales will seemingly be written in every other case. If we had been your total staunch identical, it is also a tedious life.”
Jill Duggar (m. Derick Dillard)
Jill (Duggar) Dillard was born on May possibly possibly furthermore 17, 1991. In a take care of legend paying homage to her fogeys', Jill first met Derick (who grew up about 45 minutes away) on Christmas 2011 when he stopped by the Duggar family homestead while out caroling with his church personnel.
Jim Bob performed matchmaker, and Jill and Derick take to each other, rising nearer over email and Skype. Father and daughter went to focus on over with Derick in Nepal that November and Jill and Derick continued to tumble for each other. In February 2014, Derick requested Jim Bob for his daughter's hand in marriage, and they tied the knot on June 21, 2014. They’re fogeys to a pair sons—Israel, born on April 6, 2015, Samuel, born July 8, 2017, and Frederick, born July 7, 2022.
In April 2024, Jill shared that she had suffered a pregnancy loss while ready for her and Derick's first child lady.
Jill and Derick reflected on the controversies and spiritual beliefs surrounding her family in the Amazon Top Video documentary Vivid Pleased Folks: Duggar Family Secrets, which premiered in June 2023.
Jessa Duggar (m. Ben Seewald)
Jim Bob and Michelle's fifth child, Jessa Duggar, was born Nov. 4, 1992.
Jessa met Ben via church and he began courting her in 2013—the veteran-long-established blueprint to romance coming as a label-new conception to a mode of viewers. The kids by no manner talked about their romances pre-engagement, so Jim Bob outlined to Folks, “Relationship is attending to know each other in a personnel atmosphere, both households spending time collectively and the couple atmosphere dreams collectively to procure out if they are supposed to marry. With relationship, a pair will veritably pair off alone and that generally leads to a more bodily relationship.”
Ben requested for Jessa's hand after which proposed in August 2014—sealing the deal by retaining her hand for the principle time. They married on Nov. 1, 2014. Jessa was pregnant with their first child when 19 Children and Counting was canceled and TLC therefore aired a heaps of about sexual abuse, that contains Jill and Jessa, to further educate viewers on the subject. The sisters would terminate up the celebrities of their very beget demonstrate, Jill and Jessa: Counting On, that winter; the demonstrate then developed to change into Counting On, that contains other Duggar siblings as properly.
Meanwhile, Jessa and Ben welcomed son Spurgeon on Nov. 5, 2015, son Henry on Feb. 6, 2017, daughter Ivy Jane on May possibly possibly furthermore 28, 2019 and daughter Fern in July 2021. In February 2023, Jessa shared that she suffered a miscarriage over the 2022 holiday season. She gave starting up to her fifth child, George, in December 2023.
Jinger Duggar (m. Jeremy Vuolo)
The sixth Duggar child, Jinger Vuolo, was born Dec. 21, 1993.
Jinger and Jeremy met doing ministry work in Laredo, Texas, and started courting in 2016. They married on Nov. 5, 2016 (the bride's nephew Spurgeon's birthday—but you exact strive not overlapping milestones at the same time as you're no doubt one of 19), and had been promptly the subject of pregnancy rumors.
“The set apart we be conscious ourselves in a year could possibly well properly be exact settled down, serene doing ministry here in Laredo, and exact hunting for to attend the Lord, on the replacement hand, we can,” Jinger said on a June 2017 episode of Counting On.
Their daughter Felicity was born July 19, 2018. In May possibly possibly furthermore of that year, they revealed that Jinger was pregnant again—and that she had suffered a miscarriage the outdated tumble. In November 2020, they welcomed daughter Evangeline Jo.
Jinger and Jeremy shared in October 2024 that their third child is due in March 2025.
Joseph Duggar (m. Kendra Caldwell)
No. 7 Joseph Duggar was born on Jan. 20, 1995. Taking fair accurate thing about the romantic atmosphere, Joseph proposed to Kendra (whom he met via church) at his sister Joy-Anna's wedding in May possibly possibly furthermore 2017 after exact about a months of courting.
“I was for spin apprehensive going into it, but I wasn't horrified that she was going to drawl no, because she has said, 'I'm exact ready on you!'” Joseph told Folks after popping the question. Added Kendra, “I'm so chuffed and so horrified. There's so many words I are making an strive to drawl, but exact horrified.”
They've since launched the births of son Garrett, born June 2018, daughter Addison, born November 2019, daughter Brooklyn, born February 2021.
Josiah Duggar (m. Lauren Swanson)
Eighth in line, Josiah Duggar was born on Aug. 28, 1996.
Correct about a months after his courtship with Lauren went public, the couple launched their engagement in March 2018. “The region where I proposed to Lauren is the relate region where her fogeys had been engaged,” he said in a disclose. “There's lots of family history on this property making it a heaps of region for Lauren.”
Her future partner’s mother, Michelle, said in a video posted on the family's weblog, “We love Lauren, she is this form of precious lady.” Jessa and Ben also offered congratulations, and chocolate formed love x's and o's. “Consuming definite that y'all are making an strive to build your first kiss to your wedding day, but at the same time as you near over here we'll come up with…” She held up the candy comfort prize.
A outdated courtship with Marjorie Jackson didn't work out and they went their separate methods in the summer season of 2015. “Marjorie and I had a factual time collectively,” Josiah recalled to Folks in March 2016. “We had been exact making an strive to apply God's lead on all the pieces. She didn't feel that it was the excellent timing then, so we called it quits for rather.”
He and Lauren tied the knot June 30, 2018, telling Folks their wedding day was “entirely excellent.” They welcomed daughter Bella Milagro on Nov. 8, 2019—the name translating to “miracle child,” after the couple revealed Lauren had suffered a miscarriage in October 2018. They welcomed one more daughter, Daisy, in 2022, and a son named Ezra in May possibly possibly furthermore 2023.
Joy-Anna Duggar (m. Austin Forsyth)
Ninth sibling Joy-Anna Duggar was born Oct. 28, 1997.
She knew Austin Forsyth for 15 years as a chum earlier than he started courting her—after which they didn't kill any time. He proposed in February 2017 and they married on May possibly possibly furthermore 26, 2017, at Substandard Church in Rogers, Ark. (the marriage where Joseph proposed to Kendra!).
Joy & Austin Forsyth
Joy-Anna and Austin welcomed son Gideon Martin Forsyth on Feb. 23, 2018, daughter Evelyn Mae Forsyth on Aug. 21, 2020, and son Gunner James Forsyth on May possibly possibly furthermore 17, 2023.
Jedidiah Duggar and Jeremiah Duggar
Jim Bob and Michelle's second region of twins, Jed Duggar and Jeremiah Duggar, had been born on Dec. 30, 1998.
Jedidiah Duggar (m. Katey Nakatsu)
Jed married Katey Nakatsu after three hundred and sixty five days of courting in April 2021. They’re fogeys to son Truett, born May possibly possibly furthermore 2022, and daughter Nora Kate, born June 2023.
Jed and Katey launched in July 2024 that they had twin ladies on the blueprint, and daughters Elsie Kate and Emma Kate had been born Jan. 8, 2025.
Jeremiah Duggar (m. Hannah Wissmann)
Jeremiah, an licensed flight trainer, is married to Hannah Wissmann (Jana's husband Stephen's sister) and the 2 are fogeys to daughter Brynley, born December 2022, and Brielle, born February 2024.
They launched in Decemeber 2024 that their third daughter is on the blueprint.
Jason Duggar (m. Maddie Grace)
No. 12 Jason Duggar was born on April 21, 2000.
In January 2017, the Day-to-day Mail reported that Jim Bob helped Jase buy a $33,000 fixer-upper in Prairie Grove, Ark., about half-hour away from the Duggar family home, and he ended up starting his beget improvement firm.
He went Instagram legitimate with lady friend Maddie Grace in May possibly possibly furthermore 2024 and the 2 married the following October.
James Duggar
Charmed No. 13, James Duggar was born July 7, 2001.
Now not publicly courting a doable valuable other yet, he's a doting uncle to dozens of nieces and nephews.
“He is the 'funcle' (enjoyable uncle!) and your total younger boys around here stare as a lot as him and are making an strive to be exact love him!” mother Michelle wrote on his Nineteenth birthday in 2019. “James is ready to procure exact about one thing he thinks up. Even as a baby, we would procure James 'fixing' various household appliances. He has repeatedly been one to rob things apart, resolve out how they work, and set apart them abet collectively—with about a particular changes!
“This year James labored laborious to procure his CDL, and he has change into an knowledgeable at riding your total immense vehicles and heavy machinery! We will have the selection to't wait to stare what God has in retailer for him in some unspecified time in the future!”
Justin Duggar (m. Claire Spivey)
No. 14 Justin Duggar arrived on Nov. 15, 2002.
He went public with lady friend Claire Spivey in September 2020. The two got engaged the following November and married on Feb. 26, 2021.
Jackson Duggar
Right here with his immense sister Jill, Jim Bob and Michelle's 15th child Jackson Duggar was born May possibly possibly furthermore 23, 2004.
On his 16th birthday, mother Michelle praised Jackson's sense of humor and vital that she knew he couldn't wait to procure his driver's license.
Johannah Duggar
Johannah Duggar was born Oct. 11, 2005, hence the distinctive family particular called 16 Children and Transferring In.
“This lady is so enjoyable and outgoing, and she loves making new guests,” Michelle wrote on her 16th child's 15th birthday in 2020. “Her younger sisters entirely fancy her and bear she hung the moon, and I couldn't be more grateful to God for selecting me to be her Mom!”
Jennifer Duggar
Jennifer Duggar arrived on Aug. 2, 2007, then the baby of the family.
Their TLC demonstrate that premiered Sept. 29, 2008, was christened 17 Children and Counting.
Now, OMG, she's a teen.
“Jennifer is ideal, exact… and enjoyable!” Michelle wrote when her tiny lady turned 13. “She is a licensed with the nieces and nephews and is often carrying no doubt one of them around because they don't need her to position them down! Jennifer also has a heaps of take care of for animals and is extraordinarily trustworthy to deal alongside with her pets every day! She not too prolonged ago helped elevate a litter of 7 tiny bunnies!”
Jordyn-Grace Duggar
Right here on the excellent, the penultimate Duggar child was born Dec. 18, 2008.
In 2019, her mother called Jordyn-Grace an “outgoing lady who has by no manner met a stranger,” with laughable that “is repeatedly no doubt one of the most brightest spots in our day.”
Josie Duggar
No. 19 Josie Duggar, here retaining niece Meredith, was born on Dec. 10, 2009—three months untimely and weighing most efficient 1 pound, 6 oz, and spent six months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
“Josie is a ball of vitality,” Michelle wrote on her child's 11th birthday in 2020. “From the time she wakes up in the morning till her head hits the pillow at evening, she hardly slows down!”
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