The number is 69! A Russian peasent gave birth to 69 children, 16 sets of twin, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets. It was a long time ago from 1725-1765 but a gross accomplishment. Info from Random Facts...
My grandmother and grandfather lived in Glidden, Iowa and had twenty children, all single births. At one time they were the largest family of single birth children in Iowa, possibly the US. My Dad...