When we say an “extended family”. It really was, in effect, that of Ziona Chana the man who lived with 38 wives and 89 children in India. Not in separate houses, close only at parties or on special occasions when the ex with new companions and children in tow, generally meet. But all under one roof also this “extended” or an entire village, about 100 kilometers from Aizawl, all for them. It is here that the patriarch died yesterday Sunday 13 June. The news was announced by Prime Minister Zoramthanga at the head of the state where the 76-year-old lived.
The tweet. “With a heavy heart – he wrote on Twitter – Mizoram bids farewell to Mr. Zion-a (76), who is believed to be the head of the largest family in the world, with 38 wives and 89 children Mizoram and his village in Baktawng Tlangnuam have become a major tourist attraction in the state due to the family. Rest in peace sir! ».
With heavy heart, #Mizoram bid farewell to Mr. Zion-a (76), believed to head the world‘s largest family, with 38 wives and 89 children.
Mizoram and his village at Baktawng Tlangnuam has become a major tourist attraction in the state because of the family.
Rest in Peace Sir! pic.twitter.com/V1cHmRAOkr– Zoramthanga (@ZoramthangaCM) June 13, 2021
In the photo posted together with the tweet other numbers appear that give the meaning and above all the size of this mega family unit: 33 grandchildren and who knows how many great grandchildren still not registered. It is difficult to keep track of the maxi group, in the writing on the image published on social media the wives become 39 and the children 94.
The sect. Chana, who had long suffered from diabetes and hypertension, died in an Indian hospital where he was rushed after his already precarious health conditions worsened. He was married for the first time in 1959 at the age of 15 and the last in 2004 when he was 60. He had reached this giant family saga record thanks to the religious sect founded by his grandfather, a sect that practices polygamy (only) for men.