A 37-year-old mother in Kabimbiri village, Mukono District in Uganda has given birth to 38 children.
Villagers have given the mother, Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye, the nickname of Nalongo Muzaala Bana, which means "the twin mother who produces quadruplets."
In what must be some sort of record, Mariam has six sets of twins, four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets and two single births.
(Mariam (in black dress) and some of her 38 children)
While having so many children is a surprise for many, it is not so for Mariam, who says there is precedence in her family.
In a recent interview with a Ugandan daily, she said: “My father gave birth to 45 children with different women and [they] all came in quintuplets, quadruplets, twins and triplets."
Dr Charles Kiggundu, a gynecologist at Mulago Hospital confirms that Mariam may have taken after her father, as her case may be genetic.
Mariam also said her father had 45 children.