Marguerite Koller will be celebrating her 100th birthday in just a few months.
According to a report, a 99-year-old woman in Pennsylvania, United States had a chance to meet her 100th great-grandson earlier this month. People, The outlet further added that Marguerite Koller was delighted to have the opportunity to adopt a once in a lifetime child, adding that she is “extremely lucky”. According to the report, Ms Kollar, who is now a widow, is the mother of 11 children and grandmother of 56. The baby was thought to be the 99th great-grandson, but was born more than a week after his estimated due date, People Said further.
Baby Koller William Balster was born on 4 August and is named after Ms Koller and her late husband William.
“I wanted to have a big family,” she said. “I think being an only child is hard — it’s lonely,” she told NBC 10 Philadelphia.
UK based. According to Metro, she once decided to start life as a nun and was even accepted into a convent near her home. But her future husband convinced her to do so.
Fitting the whole family around one table is next to impossible, so they celebrate important holidays in the “summer,” said Christine Balster, Ms. Koller’s granddaughter and mother of the 100th great-grandson. He said that the near-century had “created a wonderful legacy spread through the generations”, according to Metro report good.
“It was a race of 100. My cousin Colleen and I were a day apart[for]our due dates, and she had a 99th great-grandson, who is absolutely healthy and beautiful. So you know, just grateful, Blessed to have some more kids join this great family,” she said.
Born in 1922, Ms. Koller will be celebrating her birthday in a few months.
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