From CNN:
98 voting age family members out of 209 living in a single house in India.
Local politicians have no choice but to seek the support of Ziona, the oldest wife and head of the household of Indian family has 98 voters.
The world’s population hits 7 billion this week, but Ziona, the patriarch of what may be the biggest family in the world, is not bothered. “I don’t care about overpopulation in India … I believe God has chosen us to be like this (have big families). Those who are born into this family don’t want to leave this tradition so we just keep growing and growing,” he says with a smile.
Ziona, who only goes by his first name, has 39 wives, 86 children and 35 grandchildren. Ziona’s father, Chana, founded the Christian sect in Baktwang village that promotes polygamy as God’s will. “I never wanted to get married but that’s the path God has chosen for me,” he says. “It’s not my wish to keep marrying again and again.”
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