i grew up with 6 siblings
Wow your mother must have been very fertile to have that many children.  Was she religious
she became religious after having all of us:)
Yes she had a high fertility factor since she apparently liked children and wanted to have a lot
same way with her, she came from a big family too
Yes the total fertility rate is the rate for the whole population.  She did her part to raise that rate
she would have more but she started late
Wow!  When did she have her first child?  She would never have managed well under the two child policy in china