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MaryBeth Lewis, a nurse, has a large and growing family that has put her at the center of a legal case in New York

She had 13 kids when she used a donor embryo and a surrogate to have twins in 2023, but authorities allege fraud was involved and have charged her and sought to prevent her from getting custody over the foster parents

"It’s just terrible," Lewis said in a new interview

In early 2010, MaryBeth Lewis and her husband, Bob Lewis, made a bit of local news in Elma, N.Y., after giving birth to their eighth child — a girl, just like her seven older siblings.

“That first child was the biggest change. After that they kind of fell into place,” MaryBeth told The East Aurora Advertiser in a feature story, laughing as she said, “You’re fixing food for one, you can fix

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