In 1960, Bob and Marie Kelly began their work as founders of the Kelly Family, now spread throughout the world. They had 10 children over the course of 21 years, and now live in retirement in their home in Edmonton.

Ken, and his wife Esther, live with their 2 kids Marisa and Mark in the San Francisco area. Dave and his wife Blythe live with their son John in Calgary, Alberta. Phil, and his wife Carol, live with their 5 kids Greg, Michelle, Alyssa, Doug, and Avery in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Gord, and his wife Sheilah, live with their 2 kids Jack and Kate, in Edmonton, Alberta. Grant and his wife Irene, live with their 3 kids Jacob, Tom, and Alice in Berlin, Germany. Rob and his wife Nina live in Calgary, Alberta. Julie and her husband Jean Louis live with their daughter Genevieve in New Hamburg, Ontario. Theresa and her husband Sheldon live with their 7 kids Seamus, Rowan, Alison, Liam, Hannah, Logan and Caitlin in Calgary, Alberta. Ann lives with Joan in a convent in Assisi, Italy.

We have never all been together at once, and we pick names at Christmas.