Baby Nyla makes matriarch Scotland’ s only great-great-great-grandmother
A family has become one of only a handful in the UK with six generations alive at the same time and one member becoming Scotland’s only great-great-great-grandmother.
The family, stretches from oldest member Mary Marshall, 86, to their youngest member, Nyla Ferguson.
Ms Marshall, a motherof-eight – who was born four years before the start of the Second World War – has a remarkable 90 grandchildren.
The women are all on the same side of the family – and all except new mother, Toni leigh a it ken, work, or worked, as carers for the NHS.
All gave birth aged 18 or younger, resulting in this super-sized happy family, and all live in or around Edinburgh.
Head of the family, Ms Marshall, has eight children including eldest daughter Rose Thorburn.
Ms Thorburn, 68, has four children including motherof-three Chyrel Borthwick, 50.
Ms Borthwick gave birth to mother-of-four Carrie Dow in 1986.
Ms Dow, 35, has four children, including new mother Ms Aitken, 17.
And on May 25, Ms Marshall earned herself the title of Scotland's only great-great-great grandmother with the birth of 6lb 14oz Nyla.
Due to the size of her family, Ms Marshall says she is forgiven for not buying each member a birthday and Christmas present as she would spend "half the year doing so".
She said: "I'm a lucky woman to be honest with you. It's great to have such a big family. There's always someone there looking out for you. I'm incredibly happy."
Ms Aitken said: "When we found out I was pregnant we did make a joke about us breaking some sort of record.
"Then we started looking into it and it doesn't look like anyone else has our family set-up.
"It's a bit too early to see a resemblance to her greatgreat-great-grandma but it was love at first sight when they met.
"We live no longer than a 10-15 minute drive away from one another so we see each other often.
"We haven't had a big do with the entire family since the pandemic but when we do it's great fun. There's 90 grandchildren now with Nyla so it's always pretty loud."
Ms Thorburn, 68, said: "It's great when you have a new baby. I'm one of eight so I've always had a big family in some sense.
"But now we're pretty big. I haven't heard of any other family of this size in Scotland.
"Whenever we get together there's always fun and laughs. There's always someone there for you."
The family is believed to be the only one in Scotland with six generations alive at the same time.
According to Guinness World Records the most generations alive in a single family has been seven.
The family comprises: Mary Marshall, 86, b.june 1935 Rose Thorburn, 68, b. October 1952 Chyrel Borthwick, 50, b. July 1970 Carrie Dow, 35, b. February 1986 Toni-leigh Aitken, 17, b October 2003 Nyla Ferguson, b. May 2021.