Jessa met Ben through church and he began courting her in 2013—the old-fashioned approach to romance coming as a brand-new notion to a lot of viewers. The kids never talked about their romances pre-engagement, so Jim Bobexplained toPeople, "Courting is getting to know each other in a g...
Elsie and Emma are the first twin grandchildren for Jim Bob and Michelle. While theTLC‘s original star breeders have two sets of twins themselves (Jed and his brotherJeremiah, andJohn-DavidandJana), they have only had single-birth grandkids up until this point. (Fo...
There's a reason why all the kids' names start with the letter 'J' You may have noticed that all of the kids on19 Kids and Countinghave been given first names that start with the letter 'J.' Is this some bizarre or prescient nod to the Kardashian Klan? Even though that would be a...
"My grandparents, neither one on either side, agreed with my parents having a million kids,"Jill Duggar, the fourth of Jim Bob and Michelle's 19 kids, says in the Amazon series. "They were concerned about my mom's health and they would always say, 'Oh, is this y...
Amy Duggar King, once portrayed on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" as the "bad girl cousin," tellsTODAY Parentsin an exclusive interview that she was shocked whenJosh Duggarwas arrested and charged with possession of child sex abuse images, and that she worries about his six (soon to be se...
Ben asked for Jessa's hand and then proposed in August 2014—sealing the deal by holding her hand for the first time. They married on Nov. 1, 2014. Jessa was pregnant with their first child when19 Kids and Countingwas canceled and TLC subsequently aired a special about sexual abuse, feat...