It's love for each other that keeps the Wu family together, a family of 40 residing together under one roof in Tainan County.
For 10 years, the family of Wu Chin-hui (吳俊輝) has been living together in a village in Tainan County. Family members include Wu Chin-hui, his five siblings and their children and grandchildren. Wu Chin-hui, 50, is the oldest in the family, while the youngest is eight months old.
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Police officers could be very confused when visiting the family to check their household registration record.
With the constant flow of people entering and leaving the house, the newly built family abode has sometimes been mistaken for the community center.
In fact, all the siblings used to have separate homes, Wu Li-mei said. But about 10 years ago, the family decided to move in together to look after each other after the second brother's business had collapsed.
His parents had always wished that the whole family could live together, Wu Chin-hui said. After more than 20 years living in separate homes away from their hometown, the siblings have returned -- and brought with them their own families. They have finally fulfilled the dream, he said.
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He said that when the family members have meals together in their new house it is like attending a banquet.
He also said that instead of having a normal refrigerator, the cozy family of 40 had had to buy a commercial cooler to store food.
There are 19 rooms in the house, all of which are numbered, and when the bunch plan a family outing, they rent a bus. One of the brothers has obtained a bus driver's license.
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"Of course I will stay with the family when I get married," said Chen Wei-chi (
Neighbors said the family of 40 never fight and are all very polite.
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