Pennsylvania woman, who almost became a nun, celebrates 100th great-grandchild

This Pennsylvania great-grandmother has 100 causes to brag.

Marguerite Koller, who’s 99, welcomed her a hundredth great-grandchild into the supersized household not too long ago simply as she closes in on 100-years-old herself.

Making the feat much more unbelievable, she nearly turned a nun earlier than she as an alternative selected to marry her husband William in 1942 proper earlier than World Warfare II, in accordance with NBC 10 Philadelphia.

“I’m simply considering how fortunate I’m,” mentioned Koller, who lives in Blue Bell proper exterior of Philly.

Koller, now a widow, is the mom of 11 and grandmother of 56, in accordance with the report.

“I figured I wished 12 however after I began to have them, I wasn’t positive I wished that many,” Koller instructed WPVI in 2015.

Oddly an solely little one herself, Koller mentioned in 2015 she utilized for the convent as a junior in highschool, however her future husband of 66 years persuaded her out of it.

“I wished to have an enormous household,” she mentioned. “I believe it’s troublesome being an solely little one – it’s lonely.”

Koller’s granddaughter and the mom of the a hundredth great-grandchild, Christine Balster, instructed NBC 10 she and her husband named the milestone little one Koller William, an ode to the child’s late great-grandfather.

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

“Pretty, candy, robust girl that has created this wonderful legacy spanning 4 generations,” Balster mentioned.