If Joanie Brogan believes one thing it’s this: her family is just like every other family. They keep schedules and routines; they bicker and fight; their children have rules and responsibilities. There’s really nothing unusual about the house they keep or the cars they drive. The Brogan’s are just your average, loving family. With 10 children.

Brogan and her East Lansing High School sweetheart, husband Eric Brogan, knew early on a big family was in their future. How the family became as big as it is now still remains something of a mystery.

“When we got married, Eric wanted four [children] and I said six. So, I figured we’d end up with five,” said Brogan. “I’m not sure where the other five came from. Sometimes we’ll sit there and ask, ‘where did all these kids come from?’ It’s really mind boggling at times, and we love it.”

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