A family have named 11 children using the same four letters in different orders. Parents Gwenny Blanckaert and Marino Vaneeno, from Belgium, have called each of their 11-strong brood using letters A, E, L and X, report BirminghamLive. Their eldest, 13, is called Alex.
They also have Axel, 12, Xela, 11, Lexa, 10, Xael, 9, Xeal, 8, Exla, 5, Leax, 4, Xale, 2, Elax, 1, and six-month-old Alxe. The parents are also now planning their 12th baby, HLN reported.
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.”
She later added: “We realized that they were the same letters, so we decided to continue like this.” Gwynne said: “It will be a boy. That will bring the final score to 7-5. Seven girls and five boys.”
Gwenny said: “Right from the start we had set the bar at twelve. And we will stick to that. The day that we sit around the table with twelve children, our family is complete.”
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