A History of the Ups & Downs of the Duggar Family

Married on July 21, 1984, religious relator Jim Bob and wife Michelle Duggar have welcomed 19 children together over the course of their union.

The couple initially waited four years to have their first child, Josh. After conceiving again and suffering a miscarriage, which they say occurred because Michelle was taking birth control and didn't know she was pregnant, they decided to let God "bless them with as many children as he saw fit."

The pair welcomed new babies — all with names beginning with the letter J — every year from 1988 through 2009.