Everybody has a family. This fact is perhaps most apparent at weddings. For many guests it is their first acquaintance with the bride or groom’s extended family.
According to demographers, the average American family has between 2 and 3 children. My wife was the fourth of five siblings. Since some couples never have offspring, that means there are some pretty big families out there to buoy up the average.
Bill Whittle married into such a family when he tied the knot with DeeDee Joachim. She was child number 18 out of 20.
Joachim family pictures require a panoramic lens! Patriarch Jack Joachim, age 92, poses with twelve of his children at DeeDee and Bill's wedding at the Petroleum Club of Fort Worth.
Our entertainment included a video presentation from a TV game show that originally aired in 1957 and featured the Joachim family, who numbered only 17 at the time. 50 years later, 12 of them were in attendance at DeeDee’s wedding, along with 92-years-young Dad, Jack.
Octomom has got nothing on this family!