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Gran, 99, who almost became a nun welcomes 100th great-grandchild
The Daily Mirror reports.READ MORE: Cops swoop on little girl, 8, who opened lemonade stall without a licenseMarguerite was dead set on becoming a nun and become very close to achieving that goal before she put it aside to marry her husband William Koller, in 1942.Koller grew up to have a notoriously massive family and she's proud of it.Speaking to NBC 10 Philadelphia, she said: “I’m just thinking how lucky I am."Koller is now a widow and said her upbringing as an only child was lonely and it made her want to have a big family in later life, a dream she went on to exceedingly surpass.“I wanted to have a big family,” she said. “I think it’s difficult being an only child – it’s lonely.“I figured I wanted 12 but after I started to have them, I wasn’t sure I wanted that many.”To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.As the matriarch of the family, Marguerite is obviously much-loved as Christine Balster, baby Koller's mum and Marguerite's grandaughter, confirmed.Christine called her a “lovely, sweet, strong lady that has created this amazing legacy spanning four generations.”She also revealed that it was natural to call her baby Koller.Christine said: "My husband liked the name Kole.
