15 brothers and sisters in Ireland are soon to become the largest number of siblings to compete in a marathon. The O’Donoghues will run the Dublin City Marathon in Dublin, Ireland on Monday, October 29th. Nine brother and six sisters are participating.

“It’s crazy because no member of our family has ever run or even walked a marathon before, so it is a huge challenge to undertake,” said Ruth O’Donoghue.

The family hopes to raise $50,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland while running the marathon. Their nephew Mark was born with Down Syndrome.

The siblings Siblings Noel, Mary, Therese, Adelaide, Pa, Margaret, Willie, Kieran, Joe, Robert, Cronan, Jimbob, Brenda, Kevin and Louise are between the ages of 32 and 52. They decided to aim for the Guinness World Records when the youngest family member received a copy of Guinness World Records for Christmas and noticed the listing for the largest number of siblings to run a marathon.

Source: Independent.ie