Mom Gives Birth to 16th Baby, and Each Child’s Name Begins With ‘C’ for a Special Reason

Patty Hernandez and her husband, Carlos, with their 15 children. Patty was pregnant with their 16th child, a baby boy, when this family photo was taken. Courtesy of Patty Hernandez

When a North Carolina couple welcomed their 16th child, they were stuck for what to name him. With their family tradition being to give their kids names beginning with the letter “C,” they were running out of ideas.

Patty, 40, and Carlos Hernandez, 39, settled and enjoying life in the city of Charlotte, welcomed their new arrival on May 5 last year. A healthy, bouncing baby boy, they called him Clayton.