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Terry Harvey with his wife Marie had always wanted a big family but never dreamed he would go on to have 16 children and 33 grandchildren


  • Terry Harvey always wanted a lot of children as he was from a big family
  • He had 33 grandchildren and there were five more on the way when he died
  • The steel worker helped build the Severn Bridge and the Cardiff Bay barrage
  • His wife of 35 years, Marie, said she is 'heartbroken' about his sudden death 

  • Terry Harvey, from Cardiff, always wanted a lot of children because he was from a big family himself - but his family said he never dreamed he would have so many.

  • After meeting his wife Marie in 1979, the pair went on to have 12 girls and four boys, as well as 33 grandchildren. There were five more on the way when Mr Harvey died.
  • Terry Harvey, pictured back middle with his wife Marie, their children and some of their grandchildren, had always wanted a big family but never dreamed he would go on to have 16 children and 33 grandchildren

  • Mr Harvey (pictured back middle) had grown up in a big family and wanted the same environment for his own family. Some of his family are pictured here in 2006, also with his wife Marie

  • Mr Harvey used to say his wife was a 'supermum', running their home like a military operation 

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