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Possibly the biggest family photo ever

Possibly the biggest family photo ever

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Near Zhengzhou, China, over 500 members of the Ren family have got together to take an enormous family photo.

The biggest family in #China gather to 'update their family tree' of the 25th to 31st generations of the Ren family pic.twitter.com/h2gnxRsQsj

— Yicai Global 第一财经 (@yicaichina) February 8, 2017

The Rens wanted to mark the Chinese lunar new year and the completion of a detailed family tree that identified 2000 living relatives and stretches back over 850 years.

The photographers reportedly had to use a drone to fit everyone in the frame.

And you thought you had a big family! The Ren family reunited 7 generations at their recent #familyreunion: https://t.co/J4lhd8Vtfk pic.twitter.com/TFDY3px6sh

— Ancestry (@ancestry) February 8, 2017

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