Parents have explained why they used the same four letters in different orders to name their 11 children. Gwenny Blanckaert and Marino Vaneeno have used the letters A, E, L and X for their offspring.
According to Birmingham Live, the oldest child is 13-year-old Alex. They also have Axel, 12, Xela, 11, Lexa, 10, Xael, nine, Xeal, eight, Exla, five, Leax , four, Xale, two, Elax, one, and six-month-old Alxe.
They are also now planning their 12th baby, HLN reported. Explaining the reasons why their chose the names, Gwenny said: "We named our oldest son after Marino's stepfather because we thought it was a beautiful name. The name of our second son became Axel and after that we started puzzling."
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She later added: "We realized that they were the same letters, so we decided to continue like this." Gwynne continued: "It [the next child] will be a boy. That will bring the final score to 7-5. Seven girls and five boys. Right from the start we had set the bar at 12. And we will stick to that. The day that we sit around the table with 12 children, our family is complete."
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