Polygamist With Family of 39 Wives and 94 Children Dies

A man who led one of the world’s largest families died earlier this week. Ziona Chana lived in Northeast India with his 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren. They all dwelled together in a massive, 100-room purple-pink building in a remote village. Reportedly, the family’s unusual structure made them something of a tourist attraction. The 70-something Ziona was head of a Christian group that allowed polygamy. The Chana Pawl sect was founded by Ziona’s grandfather in 1942. #InsideEdition

[uoeno]

Imagine tourist thinking it's a field trip but really it's just a whole family

[ekoeko]

"What's this stranger doing in our house?"
"Bro that's our bigger brother"
"Oh my bad"

[NekoNebula]

I was so homeless kid I would just walk up in their house and start living in there acting like I was just one of the other 100 kids.

[Rpaddy]

This takes the “middle child” to a WHOLE nother level

[XAzulz]

Imagine being on a City and finding out your the only one who isn’t a relative there.

[emanx]

Regular people have family trees. This guy has a jungle.

[Janexcalibur]

Saying: "It takes a village to raise a child."
This man: "No problem-- I'll create the village!"

[brucelee]

Every other day is someone’s birthday in this family.

[hittingyouoverthehead]

Imagine being one of his grandchildren. You probably can't date anyone in the whole town. Everyone is probably related to you either through your mom or your grandmother or one of the 38 step-grandmothers.

[blitz]

Mess with one of them and you'll be dealing with a whole army

[KrunchyMilk_]

guy really is responsible for like 40% of a population increase in that town

[tatum]

I feel so bad for the kids who have to do that family tree project in school

[martyes]

Imagine trying to get some advice from your dad - literally have to wait in the queue.

[nabibbs]

There's so many birthdays that he probably got tired of it. Like basically every week there's 2-3 birthdays or more. It's crazy to think that a sibling don't even know another sibling or ever talks with .

[shimachu]

Imagine being the first and oldest child, and having to help take care of your 90+ siblings

[Fstop]

I can not be the only one who thought the entire family had died from reading the title really quickly

[Eremenatar]

Imagine if one of the kids liked one another but forgot they were related.

[call]

I don't know why any woman would agree to a marriage like this.

[nightdreamer]

You could grow up in this household and have never talked to one of your siblings before. Do they remember all the names???

[mikaelagomez]

I’ve always been scared of having kids. I’m scared of not being able to provide a good life for them.. and then there’s this guy like wtf