When Josh Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison, there was much talk about what would happen to his wife and seven children.
It was widely believed that Josh’s parents would take Anna and her children into their home, and that is exactly what happened.
But questions are still being raised about whether these two factions of the Duggar family are forced to live under one roof.
Ultimately, Anna believes Josh is innocent, and she’s furious with the Duggars for allegedly refusing to publicly support her husband.
Of course, she may feel differently these days after rumors of Josh’s prison romance.
Anyway, we’ll never know for sure whether Anna has reconciled with her in-laws.
we but Doing Know that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are still on good terms with Anna’s kids — or at least with the eldest two.
For obvious reasons, 13-year-old McKinzie and 11-year-old Michael don’t appear much on social media these days.
Josh’s children have enough problems without being forced to endure the taunts and humiliation of idiots who blame these children for their father’s atrocities.
But Josh and Anna’s eldest son and daughter cropped up briefly in a new YouTube video uploaded by their uncle Jed Duggar.
It looks like a large section of the Duggar clan recently made a pilgrimage to Israel, and McKinzie and Michael came along for the ride.
They didn’t speak in the video, and they were only on camera for about three seconds, but when Josh’s kids appeared briefly in the background, they were quickly recognized by hardcore Duggar-watchers.
The video is 26 minutes long, and McKinzie and Michael’s cameo will be remembered in the blink of an eye.
But not surprisingly, it wasn’t long before the clip generated a minor controversy in Duggar-centric corners of the internet.
Luckily, commenters in the always-entertaining r/DuggarsSnark subreddit were respectful of the kids and spared their parents any humiliation.
“Poor kid probably already had a sister mother (while her own mother was happily busy being available for a pervert) and now she has a cousin. #Freemacynzie,” one commenter wrote according to the UK tabloid Sun,
“I’m glad to see McKinzie is out there seeing the world. I’m sure Anna is using her as a support to take care of her siblings,” said another.
“I hope the Duggar kids are going to do better than the adults who ‘parent’ them,” said a third.
Needless to say, it’s easy to see why the Duggars keep these kids off camera as much as possible.
Hopefully, McKinzie and Michael will eventually discover social media for themselves.
It’s the only way they’ll ever know the truth about how big their family is.