Six generations of women gather in now-viral photo, but the story goes much deeper

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A viral photo showcasing six generations of women is giving one family an opportunity to share their matriarch's story.

A viral photo showcasing six generations of women is giving one family an opportunity to share their matriarch's story.

Six generations of women in one family. MaeDell is in the center holding great-great-grandchild Zhavia, and from left to right above her: her daughter Frances is in yellow, Gracie, Jacqueline, and new mom Jaisline.To commemorate the moment, Gracie's sister snapped a photo of all the women in attendance: MaeDell; Gracie; Gracie's mother, Frances, 77; Gracie's daughter, Jacqueline, 39; Gracie's granddaughter, Jaisline, 19; and Zhavia, now 9 weeks old.

"My cousin went to the nursing home and told her: 'You know grandma, you've been on the news! Everybody is seeing you!'" Gracie says."She was eating her cheese puffs and got a big smile on her face. He said: 'Yeah, all the men are just looking at you and think you're so pretty and that you don't look your age.

Gracie's grandfather, Bill Taylor, had 10 children with his first wife. Seven of the children were still at home when he re-married —MaeDell took care of them all, at 16, while going on to have 13 children of her own."Girls back then, they were married at 14 — they married young and had babies young," Gracie says."She had it so hard because she didn't have a washing machine or a dishwasher; she couldn't just get in her car and get groceries.

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