Twenty-six-year-old mother Kristina Ozturk took having kids to a whole new level. She has 22 biological children, 20 of whom were born within just over a year of each other.
Kristina dreamed of having children “since childhood” and she’s planning to take it as far as having 100 kids. Theoretically, that dream is impossible, but when it comes down to Kristina, it’s debatable.
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More about Kristina and her family
Originally born in Russia, Kristina shares her children with millionaire businessman Galip Ozturk, 58. Not all her children are her biological ones, though. There are a few from Galip’s previous relationships but she has 22 biological children on top of them.
She couldn’t have done it without surrogate mothers
The Ozturks paid $180,000 to surrogates to help achieve their dream of having countless children. Their children’s names are Victoria, Mustafa, Maryam, Ayrin, Alice, Hassan, Judy, Harper, Teresa, Hussein, Anna, Isabella, Ismail, Mehmet, Ahmet, Ali, Kristina, Alena, Sarah, Lockman, Alparslan, and Olivia.
It’s their dream to have a big family
Kristina explained how she’s not the only one dreaming of having that many children, her husband is, too. For them, life in general and their romantic lives changed after their children’s birth, and they plan to be “the happiest family in the world.”
She has nannies to help
Obviously, Kristina couldn’t handle 22 children on her own, so she hired nannies to help her around. However, the family has hired 16 live-in nannies who were being paid about $83,000 in total, which can be considered over the top by some.
She’s still a mom, after all
Despite having many nannies around to help her, she emphasized the fact that she does “all the things that moms normally do.” What can differentiate her from other mothers is the number of children. However, all this makes her days far from boring.
She’s aiming for over 100
Many people think that they’ve had enough children when they’ve only had one. That’s not the case with the Ozturks as they aim to have 105 children through surrogacy, they’re just waiting for their kids to be a little older.
Their children’s ages are not the only hindrance
In 2023, hotel owner Galip was arrested and sentenced to prison for eight years for illegal purchase and possession of drugs and psychotropic substances. He may be behind bars but he is still keen on bringing more children into this world with his wife.
Kristina wrote a book
In February 2023, Kristina released a book about her experience with being a mom of 22 children, with 21 of them being born through surrogacy.
As reported by The Sun, she said: “It would seem that everything about raising children has already been written, but every day every parent is looking for useful information to give only the best to their children.”
What inspired her to write the book
“After dozens, or even hundreds of articles, books, webinars and training, I decided to create my own book, where the most important information for young parents will be collected and structured bit by bit,” she said.
She also made it clear that there is no such thing as “too much information,” you learn something new every day.
It’s not easy, doing it all alone
Kristina opened up about how tough it has been, caring for the children without her husband being there and him being behind bars.
She vented on an Instagram post, saying that the “feeling of loneliness does not leave her even with such a large number of close people around.”
