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PHOTOS: Grandparents welcome 100th grandbaby

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Leo and Ruth Zanger with their 12 children and spouses.
Leo and Ruth Zanger with their 12 children.
Leo and Ruth Zanger sit with Jaxton Zanger, their 46th great-grandchild, in Leo's real estate office at Zanger and Associates in Quincy.
Leo and Ruth Zanger's first grandchild, Jeannine Gupton.
Leo and Ruth Zanger's 100th grandchild, Jaxton Zange (actually, a great-grandchild).
Leo and Ruth Zanger with their 12 children and spouses.
Courtesy of Zanger and Associates
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