<![CDATA[A woman from Pennsylvania who almost became a nun celebrates the birth of her 100th great-grandchild]]>

<![CDATA[A woman from Pennsylvania who almost became a nun celebrates the birth of her 100th great-grandchild]]> https://usagag.com/2022/08/12/a-woman-from-pennsylvania-who-almost-became-a-nun-celebrates-the-birth-of-her-100th-great-grandchild/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com A woman from Pennsylvania who almost became a nun celebrates the birth of her 100th great-grandchild Marguerite Koller, who is 99 years old, recently welcomed her 100th great-grandchild into her huge family. This comes as she is getting close to turning 100 herself.

Even more amazing, she almost became a nun before marrying her husband William in 1942, just before World War II.

“I’m just thinking how lucky I am,” said Koller, who lives in Blue Bell right outside of Philly.

Koller, now a widow, is the mother of 11 and grandmother of 56, according to the report.

“I figured I wanted 12 but after I started to have them, I wasn’t sure I wanted that many,” Koller told WPVI in 2015.

Oddly an only child herself, Koller said in 2015 she applied for the convent as a junior in high school, but her future husband of 66 years persuaded her out of it.

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“I wanted to have a big family,” she said. “I think it’s difficult being an only child – it’s lonely.”

Christine Balster, who is Koller's granddaughter and the mother of the 100th great-grandchild, told NBC 10 that she and her husband named the baby Koller William as a tribute to the baby's late great-grandfather.

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Koller, born in 1922, will celebrate her birthday a few months from now.

“Lovely, sweet, strong lady that has created this amazing legacy spanning four generations,” Balster said.

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