China
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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