I am reminded of a few recent stories in the news:
Octomom.
Weird Nut-Case Mormon "lifestyle" offshoots who marry their own inbred second cousins.
Mom and Kate makes Eight (before dating others and the having the well-publicized breakup).
The Houston, Texas mother of five who finally was driven so crazy by the "husband from God" that she drowned them all in the bathtub.
And, sadly - that California 11 year old girl that time and the cops forgot until she was found barefoot and mother of two.