A mother of nine who was pregnant for 12 years straight has revealed she will become a grandmother for the first time at the age of 40.
Kora Duke of Las Vegas has nearly 850,000 followers online, where she documents the lives of her large family.
Kora became pregnant for the first time in 2000, when she was 16, and gave birth to a total of nine children, eight of whom survived.
The rapid succession of children meant that she was pregnant for at least part of the year until 2012.
In a post on his Instagram account @mzkorasurprised his followers when He joked that he was ‘announcing a baby’ number 10‘.
Mother of nine Kora Duke is set to become a grandmother for the first time as her 21-year-old daughter Seena is expecting a baby boy.
But she then revealed that her eldest daughter Seena, 21, is expecting a boy, meaning Kora and her husband Andre, 43, will be grandparents.
She said: “We’ve been promoted to grandparents” alongside a clip of the family dancing joyfully at the happy news.
She then added in the caption: ‘Surprise, surprise! The year 2024 is a big deal!’
Kora was pregnant from 2000 to 2012 with Elijah, now 22, Sheena, 21, Zhaan, 19, Cairo, 17, Saiyah, 16, Avi, 14, Romani, 13, and Tahj, 11.
Fans of the family on social media were quick to express their congratulations, commenting on how young Kora looks as a grandmother, saying she and her daughter look like “sisters.”
They said, ‘Congratulations. I know you’re going to be the best Nani in the world!’
‘I feel like I’m part of the family because I just shed a tear congratulations!’;
‘Oh, I thought it was you! Haha! Congratulations! That baby is going to be very loved and pampered!’;
Kora had joked with her followers that she was expecting her tenth child.
‘Oh! I love seeing all this joy and support over the news of a grandchild! But Grandma looks young enough to have a few more grandchildren!’;
‘That baby already has 100 nannies’;
“Did she just say grandma or am I hearing things now? How can you be a grandma at 30 or younger? SHE LOOKS AMAZING!!!”
Kora and business consultant Andre share content like their big weekly grocery runs for the family and videos of how they cook dinner, as well as hitting the gym.
Talking about the @heythereadultingpodcast Earlier this week, Jeeana Wilder was asked if Kora had always planned on having such a big family.
“No, not at all!” she said. “At first I only wanted two, a boy and a girl, and I got my boy and my girl. Yeah, no, we weren’t done.
“Birth control didn’t work for me, it made me feel sick and all that, so I didn’t take it. So we tried not to have as many children, but that’s just how it turned out.”
A video of Kora showing off her eight children, who were then aged between 20 and 9, previously went viral, with viewers commenting that she must have been a “super mom.”
Fans took to the comments to express their congratulations on the happy news.
Kora told FEMAIL at the time: “It was a spur of the moment decision to make the video, I hadn’t realised how many years I had been pregnant before, so when I realised I had to share it. We had a lot of laughs while making the video.”
In the video, each of them walked past Kora one by one as she pointed out the exact dates she was pregnant with each of them.
She said: “Life was hectic with young children, I can’t believe I did it all. But if I’d known how hard it was having children, I would have enjoyed each pregnancy more. New mums need to enjoy their pregnancy, it gets harder afterwards.”
The video was met with amazement from followers, with one writing: “She looks like her older sister!”
Kora explained that she maintains her figure through weight lifting, which she documents on her Instagram.
Kora added: “After my ninth child I couldn’t move the weight. It had always been quite easy, but this time it was very difficult, there was no time.”
So, little by little, the tax and insurance advisor began making small changes to her diet and lifestyle.
“I had never thought about lifting weights,” she said. “Then my husband suggested it and I’ve never looked back.”