16 wives, 86 kids - a Vietnamese record
A retired bricklayer in Vietnam, has set an unofficial national
record by siring 86 children from 16 "wives".
Tran Viet Chu, a 75-year-old from the central province of Quang
Tri, who spent 60 years travelling the country while working in the
building trade, married at 17 but his first wife died 10 years
later.
Chu soon tied the knot again but nevertheless brought another
14 "wives" into his household over the next half-century.
Chu, who currently lives with his second wife and 10 girlfriends,
admits that his behaviour has been far from exemplary but says he
has never been able to control his emotional and sexual desires.
"Poor me, every time I see a voluptuously shaped woman I cannot
control my lust. I seem to have been born with this flirtatious
tendency," he told the Cong An Nhan Dan (People's Police) newspaper
last week.
"A million times I tried to give up my habits, but a million times
I failed."
As for the total number of women he has had sex with, Chu said
there were too many to count.
"I cannot remember how many women I slept with because over the
past 60 years during my time as a builder I travelled to many
villages and there would always be at least one woman who fell
under my spell."
Agence France Presse - October 07, 2002
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