Which Duggar Couple Has The Biggest Age Gap?

The Duggars are a family of reality television stars who got their big break because of their unusually large number of children. Nineteen kids and a canceled spinoff later, the Duggars have continued to grow their family with marriages and births into the next generation. Notably, the family has some eyebrow-raising rules about relationships rooted in their evangelical Christian beliefs, and not all fans are likely to agree with them.

Most of the Duggar children have married at relatively young ages, a practice that the family has defended from criticism. Eldest daughter Jana Duggar even spoke out against rumors about her sexuality when she was not yet married at age 30 (via Showbiz CheatSheet). With so much importance placed on marriage in the family, the question of age gaps has come up among fans.

Which Duggar couple has the largest age gap? Here's a hint: It's not parents Jim Bob and Michelle (via The U.S. Sun).

The Duggar couple with the biggest age gap is daughter Jinger (née Duggar) and her husband Jeremy Vuolo. Jinger was 24 when her husband was 31, putting their reported age gap at about seven years (via In Touch Weekly). A Reddit user on r/DuggarSnark calculated the age gaps between all the Duggar couples as of November 2021, confirming that the Vuolos have the largest age gap out of Jinger's parents, siblings, and siblings-in-law, with an age gap of over six years between them (per Reddit).

As a point of reference, Jinger's date of birth is December 21, 1993 (via People). Jeremy was born in September 1987, according to an archived page from Syracuse University Athletics, and his exact date of birth is reportedly September 5, 1987 (via TV Shows Ace). Meanwhile, Jeremy has previously claimed in a video that wife Jinger has forgotten her own age before (via The U.S. Sun).

Although Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo did make it down the aisle, the couple revealed in their book "The Hope We Hold" that they almost didn't (per People). In one excerpt from the book shared by People, Jinger writes, "There were so many conflicting opinions, and I felt like I would divide my family and friends if I moved forward. If I said yes to Jeremy, I would open the floodgates to other people's opinions and criticism."

Similarly, an excerpt penned by husband Jeremy shares his concerns about their relationship. "If Jinger wasn't interested, the previous five months had all been a wild-goose chase. Lord, what is going on?" he wrote. "I prayed. I've wasted half a year of my life!" (per People).

Despite these initial frustrations, the Vuolos have since welcomed two daughters together, Evangeline and Felicity (via The U.S. Sun). The family lives in Los Angeles, California (via In Touch Weekly).