Counting On is an American reality television show that has aired on the cable channelTLC since 2015. A spin-off show of 19 Kids and Counting, it features the Duggar family: Jessa Seewald, Jinger Vuolo, Joy-Anna Forsyth, their sixteen siblings, as well as parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. The show was created in the wake of the Josh Duggarmolestation controversy and subsequent cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting. The show follows the lives of the older Duggar children, with the early episodes focusing specifically on Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald. After its first season, the show expanded to include the rest of the Duggar children and their respective families. Notable events throughout the show have included the weddings of Jinger to Jeremy Vuolo, Joy-Anna to Austin Forsyth, Joseph to Kendra Caldwell, Josiah to Lauren Swanson, and John-David to Abbie Burnett as well as the pregnancy announcements of Jessa, Jill, Joy, Kendra, Jinger, Lauren, and Abbie. The show has also featured the births of nine grandchildren out of a total of seventeen; four births were featured on 19KAC and four were not aired.
Cast
Main:
Jana
John with his wife Abbie.
Jessa with her husband Ben and their children, Spurgeon, Henry and Ivy.
Jinger with her husband Jeremy and their daughter Felicity.
Joe with his wife Kendra and their son Garrett.
Josiah with his wife Lauren.
Joy with her husband Austin and their son Gideon.
Jim Bob and Michelle as well as their 8 younger children: Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn and Josie, as well as the couple's great-nephew, Tyler, over whom they have legal guardianship.
Josh's wife Anna and their children Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus, Meredith, and Mason.
Jill and her husband Derick and their sons Israel and Samuel.
Family
James Robert "Jim Bob" Duggar – born Michelle Annette Duggar – born Jim Bob and Michelle were married on July 21, 1984, and have nineteen children, eight of which are married. Additionally, they have seventeen grandchildren with two on the way. In 2016, they were granted permanent guardianship of Michelle's great-nephew.
Children
• Jim-Bob and Michelle have also suffered the miscarriage with what would have been their second pregnancy on January 23, 1989, with a baby that they named Caleb Ryan Duggar. They didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. • They also had a miscarriage on December 11, 2011, with a daughter that they named Jubilee Shalom Duggar, at 20 weeks into the pregnancy. • Jim Bob and Michelle also have custody over their great-nephew, Tyler Wayne Hutchins.
Children-in-Law
Grandchildren
• Josh and Anna suffered a miscarriage in 2010. • Josiah and Lauren suffered a miscarriage on October 4, 2018. They named their baby Asa, who was originally due June 6, 2019. They have since described Asa as a boy although they did not know the sex of the baby. • Joy and Austin suffered the miscarriage of a stillborn daughter on June 26, 2019, at 20 weeks into the pregnancy. The baby, originally due for November 9th of the same year, would have been their second child and first daughter. They named her Annabelle Elise Forsyth. • Jinger and Jeremy suffered a miscarriage in November of 2019.
