17 Kids and Counting

19 Kids and Counting is an American reality television show on TLC. The show is about the Duggar family, which consists of parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children—nine girls and ten boys , who all have names beginning with the letter "J". The series began on September 29, 2008. Season nine ended on March 27, 2012. The family lives in Tontitown, Arkansas, and originally appeared in several TLC and Discovery Health one-hour specials, most of which focused on four of Michelle's last five deliveries. Jim Bob has one older sister, Deanna, who occasionally appears on the... show. Michelle has six siblings. Jim Bob and Michelle met in the early 1980s when Jim Bob, along with another church member, were sent for a follow-up visit after Michelle had experienced a religious conversion. Jim Bob and Michelle were married on July 21, 1984. The Duggars elected to delay having children and practiced birth control. It was three years before Josh, their eldest child, was born.
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