This line of many begins with my 4x great-grandparents Thomas McKibbin and Jane Irvine of County Down, Ireland. Thomas was born sometime in 1766 and Jane in 1777. Their marriage most likely took place in County Down also because their first nine children were born in Ireland.
In 1812 the McKibbin family emigrated to the United States, settling first in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. During their years in Pennsylvania three more children were born and one of their sons who had been born in Ireland died at just nine years old.
From there, the McKibbins migrated west to Ohio for a few years and finally settled in Elkhart County, Indiana.
This is where the ancestor math comes in.
Ten of the twelve McKibbin children lived to adulthood, married, and started their own families. Each of them in turn had large families:
Eighty-three grandchildren? Now that's a lot of names--let alone birthdays--to remember!
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