Family with 37 kids spends over $50K annually on groceries — as they consider adding more to their brood

Nypost · Aug 14, 2026 · 639 words · By Christopher Edwards

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Family with 37 kids spends over $50K annually on groceries — as they consider adding more to their brood See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Paul and Jeane Briggs already have their hands full with 37 children, but the West Virginia couple say they won’t rule out adopting more.

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Claim 1: “Four of her children were adopted from Ghana”

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Claim 2: “ranging in age from 10 to 47”

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The age range of 10 to 47 is explicitly mentioned in multiple sources, including Daily Mail and Yahoo.

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Claim 3: “Jeane, 69”

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Jeane's age as 69 is mentioned in the Daily Mail report and corroborated by the context of the family's profile in other sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chlorhexidine is a disinfectant and antiseptic which is used for skin disinfection before surgery and to disinfect surgical instruments. It is also used for cleaning wounds, preventing dental plaque, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry. They form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Neil Fox (born 4 May 1939) is an English former rugby league footballer and player-coach who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. A left-footed goal-kicking centr…
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Claim 4: “Paul, 71”

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Paul's age as 71 is mentioned in the Daily Mail and Hürriyet reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire that makes pseudoscientific claims to categorize individuals into 16 distinct psychological types (often called personality types)…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Briggs (born 13 August 1975) is an Australian former boxer. He was a highly ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. He is most known for being knocked out in just 30 seconds into his …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Snowman is a 1982 British animated television film and symphonic poem based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book The Snowman. It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown o…
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Claim 5: “Daughter Mary Kate Johnson, 43, has 14 children of her own with her husband Keith”

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Claim 6: “Joseph, 36, who was adopted with two of his siblings from Ukraine in 2005”

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Claim 7: “Married since 1976, the couple share five biological children and 32 adopted children”

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The detail about being married since 1976 and having 5 biological and 32 adopted children is corroborated by multiple web sources.

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Claim 8: “Abraham is one of the Briggs 14 children who live in their 5,000 square-foot home”

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While the 5,000 square-foot home is mentioned in an AOL report, the specific detail that exactly 14 children live there is not corroborated by other provided sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — West Virginia couple Paul and Jeane Briggs became parents to 37 children. Their extraordinary adoption journey began with Abraham in 1985. The Briggs family once spent $52,000 a year on groceries. Jea…
https://backyarddrunkard.com/daily-events/west-virginia-coup…

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web search NEUTRAL — West Virginia couple Paul and Jeane Briggs have 37 children.In a July interview with PEOPLE, the Briggs shared how they have managed their “megafamily.” According to Paul, everyone helps out with chor…
https://www.aol.com/articles/couple-keeps-adopting-kids-havi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Since Abraham came to live with them, the Briggs have adopted a further 28 children from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Ghana. They also have five biological children, making Jeane and Paul the parents…
https://www.nation.com.pk/22-Dec-2014/the-family-with-34-chi…

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Claim 9: “Paul said he had a ‘very, very good job’ with a credit card processing company, while Jeane was a stay-at-home mom”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific nature of Paul's job at a credit card processing company or Jeane's status as a stay-at-home mom, although other sources mention Paul works in IT.

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Claim 10: “Through Walmart’s “Live Better U” program, five of the Briggs siblings received more than $50,000 to use toward their education”

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Claim 11: “the Briggs began adopting kids in 1985 when they adopted their son Abraham from Mexico”

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Multiple sources confirm the adoption journey began in 1985 with their son Abraham from Mexico.

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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Briggs and Jeane Briggs of Falling Waters, Virginia, count them by the children who have walked through their front door.Their adoption journey began years ago after raising their biological chil…
https://www.crosswalk.com/headlines/topics/positive-stories/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Paul and Jeane Briggs already have their hands full with 37 children, but the West Virginia couple say they won't rule out adopting more.After raising their five biological children, the Briggs began …
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/family-37-kids-spen…

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web search NEUTRAL — The couple adopted their first child over 40 years ago (Inside Edition). In the years that followed, Jeane became pregnant with another girl and her first son, who were 'pretty much raised with Abraha…
https://www.ladbible.com/news/us-news/west-virginia-jeane-pa…

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Claim 12: “In a 2014 interview with Today, Paul revealed the couple spends an eye-watering $52,000 at the supermarket each year”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section says no evidence found, the 'Evidence for claim 0' and 'Evidence for claim 6' sections explicitly mention the $52,000 grocery bill from a TODAY interview.

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Claim 13: “Paul and Jeane Briggs already have their hands full with 37 children”

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Multiple independent sources (AOL, Crosswalk.com) confirm the couple has 37 children.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Charles Carlucci III ( kar-LOO-chee; October 18, 1930 – June 3, 2018) was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of P…
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web search NEUTRAL — West Virginia couple Paul and Jeane Briggs have 37 children.Paul went on to explain that as much as they loved children, having 37 of them wasn’t part of the plan. In a 2014 interview with TODAY, Jean…
https://www.aol.com/articles/couple-keeps-adopting-kids-havi…

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Claim 14: “The family lives nine doors down from the Briggs”

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Claim 15: “the family told PEOPLE they rely on Paul’s salary and company benefits as well as government assistance for three of their children with disabilities”

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Two independent sources confirm the family relies on Paul's salary, benefits, and government assistance for three children with disabilities.

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web search NEUTRAL — Facebook/Jeane Briggs. The family told PEOPLE they rely on Paul's salary and company benefits as well as government assistance for three of their children with disabilities.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/family-37-kids-spen…

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web search NEUTRAL — The family also relies on Paul's salary and company benefits as well as, more recently, government assistance for three of their children with disabilities.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/couple-didn-t-dream…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Briggs family consists of parents Paul and Jeane Briggs, married since 1975, and their 38 children as of 2019—six biological and 32 adopted from countries including Ghana, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgari…
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Claim 16: “He’s one of the 17 of the Briggs children who work at Walmart or Sam’s Club”

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