BURNHAM -- Margaret Richard is like the little woman who lived in a shoe, her children joke.

"She had so many children she didn't know what to do!" says her son, James Richard, of Troxelville, Snyder County.

Margaret, 91, is celebrating Mother's Day today on the heels of her 25th five-generation photo. The resident of Burnham, Mifflin County, lived in Snyder County most of her life, where she raised seven children, which resulted in 29 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great grandchildren.

Margaret recently spent an evening with five of her children, a granddaughter, great-grandson and great-great grandson. The family did what it does best: eat, laugh, reminisce and playfully argue.

The night's topic is how many grandchildren -- great and great-great -- that grandma truly possesses.

Brothers and sisters poke at one another, point out errors in calculations and laugh at the thought that their dear mother had been the bearer of such a large family.

Margaret Myers married the James Richard on Oct. 1, 1932.

Never did the couple imagine it would create such a large lineage.

"I really did want them," she says of her seven children.

Though some days, "not necessarily," she adds with a chuckle.

As the grandchildren came, time seemed to pass quickly as the grandchildren had children. Before long, the great-grandchildren were becoming parents.

"The more that came, I didn't know what to do with them!" she says, chuckling again.

Her son, Martin Richard, pipes in.

"Ask her which one she loves best."

All five children sitting around the table raise their hands and break into laughter.