Michelle Duggar had a rare reunion with all nine of her daughters — and some of the older girls made a surprising wardrobe choice.
Duggar, 58, posed for a photo with Jana, 34, Jill, 33, Jessa, 32, Jinger, 31, Joy-Anna, 27, Johannah, 19, Jennifer, 17, Jordyn-Grace, 16, and Josie, 15 while celebrating Jinger’s birthday on Sunday, December 22.
“How does my mom not age?❤️,” Joy-Anna captioned an Instagram Reel showing the group as they prepped for the pic. “Also, thanks @jamesaduggar for the excellent videography. 😉 #family #9sisters #sisters #sistersbacktogetheragain.”
Michelle, who also shares sons Josh, 36, John-David, 34, Joseph, 29, Josiah, 28, Jedidiah, Jeremiah both 25, Jason, 24, James, 23, Justin, 22 and Jackson, 20, with husband Jim Bob Duggar, wore all blue with a black parka. Some of her older daughters donned pants instead of skirts, which breaks away from the family’s “modesty” protocol.
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Reality TV fans were introduced to the Duggar family in 2008 with the premiere of their TLC series 19 Kids and Counting. Jim Bob and Michelle’s large brood and conservative lifestyle fascinated viewers, but a darker side of their religious sect was exposed after TLC cut ties with the Duggars following Josh’s 2021 arrest and subsequent conviction on child pornography charges.
Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, a four-episode special, premiered in June 2023 and addressed the family’s involvement in the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) teachings. Jill and her husband, Derick Dillard, were featured in the docuseries, as was Jill’s cousin Amy Duggar, who has been a vocal critic of her extended family.
Jinger also reflected on her strict upbringing in her 2021 book, The Hope We Hold: Finding Peace in the Promises of God, writing, “My mom had always dressed us girls in skirts and dresses, a standard that was taken from Deuteronomy 22:5, which says, ‘A woman shall not wear a man’s garment.’”
More recently, Jinger opened up about wearing pants in front of her family for the first time.
“It was maybe a couple years after I had started wearing pants,” Jinger said on the “Unplanned” podcast in June, recalling the conversation she had with her parents. “The first few times I went back I was not wearing pants. I wore a skirt just to honor [them].”
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She continued: “That’s a big deal for my family, and my heart is not to rub anything in anyone’s face and be like, ‘I’m doing this. I’m doing my own thing.’”
Jinger’s wardrobe evolution was a “massive” adjustment for some members of her family, but even Michelle has been seen wearing leggings in recent years.
“I think the big thing is just because we are in the public eye, I knew that there was gonna be so much that would blow up,” Jinger continued. “So let’s just be ready for it. I’m just gonna tell them and then that way they know and they know it came from a heart of, ‘Hey, this is what I feel convicted of or don’t anymore.’ And they can just know from my heart and then we’ll move on.”
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