Names Date of Birth Notes

     
1 Joshua March3,1988 (1988-03-03)      oldest child; getting married 
James (age 20) 9/26/08 to Anna Keller
2 Jana Marie January12, 1990 (1990-01-   twin of John-David
12)(age 18)
3 John-David January 12, 1990 (1990-01- twin of Jana
12) (age 18)
4 Jill MichelleMay 17, 1991 (1991-05-17)  
(age 17)
5 Jessa November 4, 1992  
Lauren
6 Jinger December 21, 1993 pronounced like "Ginger"
Nicole
7 Joseph January 20, 1995  
Garrett
8 Josiah August 28, 1996  
Matthew
9 Joy-Anna October 28, 1997  
10 Jeremiah December 30, 1998 twin of Jedidiah
Robert
11 Jedidiah December 30, 1998 twin of Jeremiah
Robert
12 Jason April 21, 2000  
Michael
13 James July 7, 2001  
Andrew
14 Justin November 15, 2002  
Samuel
15 Jackson May 23, 2004 birth featured on Discovery Health
Levi Channel special
16 Johannah October 11, 2005 birth featured on Discovery Health
Faith Channel special
17 Jennifer August 2, 2007 birth featured on Discovery Health
Danielle Channel special
18 Junborn due January 1, 2009 announced May 9, 2008
Family life
Jim Bob Duggar and his wife Michelle, who was named Young Mother of the
Year in Arkansas in 2004, are conservative Baptists who endorse the Quiverfl
movement and the teachings of Bill Gothard. Mr. Duggar is a former state
legislator who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to
2002. He is now a real estate agent.
Jim Bob Duggar and his wife report that their children are blessings from God,
since his wife miscarried while on birth control and was able to conceive many
more times once she stopped taking birth control!
The Duggars live debt-free, which Mr. Duggar has said is "the fruit of Jim
Sammon's Financial Freedom Seminar" he attended years ago.
The Duggars raise their children using the buddy system, in which an older
sibling raises a younger sibling, instead of the parents doing it themselves. The
older buddy "will get the younger ones' meals." According to Mrs. Duggar,
"They help them with their little phonics lessons and games during the day and
help them practice their music lessons. They will play with them or help them
pick out the color of their outfit that they want to wear that day, and just all of
those types of things."