For example, did you know they're business owners and can sing pretty dang well? Before going deeper into their fascinating lives, let's do a quick debriefer on the famous brood.
At the helm of the family are Gil and Kelly Jo Bates, who reportedly met while attending the same college. After getting married in , according to Cheat Sheet, the two have since welcomed 19 children together over the past 30 years. Since welcoming their first child in , the Bates family has continued to expand. And over the years, the family has shared their lives — pregnancies, marriages, and more — with their Instagram followers and viewers of their reality TV show.
To help you get better acquainted with the Bates brood, here are 12 interesting facts about Gil, Kelly Jo, and their 19 kids. Although two of the older Bates siblings — Tori and Michael — did move away from their family's compound at some point with their spouses, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel , they've since returned to be with their family.
Kelly Jo and Gil love where they live. Gil told The He Said, She Said experience that his favorite thing about living in Tennessee is the mountains, the weather, and the people.
In April, sisters Carlin and Erin, and their sister-in-law Whitney, opened the Bates Sisters Boutique , which sells a number of comfortable dresses some of which are maternity friendly as well as kids clothes. Outside of Bringing up Bates , the family patriarch, Gil Bates, owns the excavating company Bates Tree Service and also heads his own church as its pastor.
He and wife Kelly Jo Bates' adult kids have jobs of their own, and none of them are likely hurting for income. Of course, the family's show probably helps some in that area, however. While it's not public knowledge how much the Bates make from Bringing up Bates , there are some pretty good guesses out there, based on what other reality TV families make.
UPtv, on which Bringing up Bates airs, isn't as big a network as TLC, so the Bates likely make less than that per episode of their series. However, if the Bates make even half of that each episode and spread the money among the family members, it isn't a bad deal. Especially considering the fact that Gil, Kelly Jo, and their 19 kids have money from other ventures as well. When making chili, they use 8 to 10 pounds of ground beef.
The Bateses do not use food stamps. We probably qualify for a lot of things but … I don't want to be a burden on everybody else," Gil said. They do take full advantage of the U. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. We are on Cloud 9 about welcoming our own little Duggar into the world!!! It really is amazing to think about being parents and having our own child to raise.
We are thankful that God has blessed us with this new life and we look forward to taking on this new adventure! The pair just announced they are expecting their first child.
John is technically a constable, but the elected position is a volunteer one. All of the aircrafts, however, are owned by Jim Bob and Michelle. The Duggars and the Bates family subscribe to the same religion. The similarities pretty much stop there, now. While the Duggars have doubled down on the spiritual aspects of their life, the Bates kids seem to be moving in their own directions.
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