Where Are the Duggar Family Members Now? What We Know About Their Lives amid Joseph's Arrest
Where Are the Duggar Family Members Now? What We Know About Their Lives amid Joseph's Arrest
Alicia Dennis, Amy Jamieson, Carson Blackwelder, Nicole PomaricoThu, March 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC
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Duggar familyCredit: Jana Wissmann/Youtube -
The Duggar family, led by Jim Bob and Michelle, rose to notoriety in 2008 with their TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting (previously titled 17 Kids and Counting and 18 Kids and Counting)
The series was canceled in 2015 after the couple's eldest son, Josh, came under fire for child molestation allegations, before he was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison in 2022 on child pornography charges
In March 2026, Jim Bob and Michelle's son Joseph was arrested after he was accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in 2020
Much of the Duggar family's life has played out on the small screen.
In 2008, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed TLC cameras into their home, introducing everyone to their sprawling brood on 19 Kids and Counting (previously titled 17 Kids and Counting and 18 Kids and Counting).
Viewers followed the devout Christian family through courtships, marriages and new babies until controversy struck in 2015 when Jim Bob and Michelle's eldest child, Josh Duggar, was accused of molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager, two of whom were his younger sisters.
The show was swiftly canceled after Josh's molestation scandal and years later, in 2022, he was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Another scandal hit the famous family in March 2026 when another son, Joseph Duggar, was arrested after he was accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in 2020.
Here's everything to know about the Duggar family and where they are now.
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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar visit 'Extra' in New York City in 2014Credit: D Dipasupil/Getty
Married on July 21, 1984, the Duggar family matriarch and patriarch have welcomed 19 children — 10 boys and nine girls — over the course of their union.
In 2020, the couple found a new passion: flipping houses in Arkansas. In recent years, Jim Bob and Michelle have shied away from the spotlight.
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Josh and Anna Duggar
Anna Duggar and Josh Duggar pose during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 28, 2015Credit: Kris Connor/Getty
Michelle and Jim Bob's eldest son Josh and his wife, Anna, wed in September 2008 and have seven children, whose names all start with the letter "M."
The couple share daughters Mackynzie, Meredith, Maryella and Madyson and sons Michael, Marcus and Mason. Meredith, Mason and Maryella were born after their father's molestation scandal, and the couple announced their pregnancy with their seventh and youngest child, Madyson, just a week before Josh was arrested for receiving and possessing child pornography. She was born that October while he awaited trial.
On April 29, 2021, U.S. Marshals arrested Josh and charged him with receiving and possessing child pornography, some of which included photos and videos of children younger than 10. During a virtual court appearance in Arkansas the next day, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Later that year, on Dec. 9, 2021, Josh was found guilty on both counts. The following May, he was sentenced to 151 months — more than 12 years — in prison and was ordered to pay fines and special assessments of $50,100. He is currently serving his sentence in Seagoville, Texas, with a release date currently scheduled for Dec. 23, 2032, per the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Prior the his sentencing, Anna penned a letter to the judge in which she called her husband a "loving, supportive and caring father."
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Jana and Stephen Wissmann
Jana Duggar and husband Stephen Wissmann in July 2025Credit: Jana Duggar/Instagram
The Duggars' oldest daughter — and older twin of John-David by three minutes — Jana remodels houses and plays the piano, violin and harp.
After getting engaged in June 2024, Jana wed Stephen Wissmann on Aug. 15, 2024. The "classic, elegant" ceremony took place in Arkansas at The Grand at Willow Springs in front of 500 guests.
"It's a dream come true," the bride told PEOPLE. "Coming from two bigger families (Wissmann is one of 13 siblings), we love to be able to get together and celebrate moments like these. To have all of them there, it just means a lot."
After announcing they were expecting their first child together in August 2025, Jana and Stephen welcomed a son named Archie in December 2025.
"Our hearts have been completely changed," they wrote in a joint Instagram post announcing Archie's arrival. "We're soaking in these early days, full of love, wonder, and so much gratitude."
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John-David Duggar and Abbie Burnett
John-David Duggar and wife Abbie Burnett in November 2021Credit: john david duggar/instagram
Just one month after John-David began courting Abbie Burnett in June 2018, he proposed. The pair tied the knot on Nov. 3 of that same year.
The couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Grace Annette, in January 2020, and their second, son Charlie, in September 2022. John-David and Abbie welcomed their third child together, another daughter, in January 2026.
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Jill and Derick Dillard
Derrick Dillard and wife Jill Duggar Dillard in May 2022Credit: Jill Duggar Dillard Instagram
The Duggars' second eldest daughter, Jill, wed Derick Dillard in June 2014 in Springdale, Ark.
"I am the most blessed man to have Jill," Derick told PEOPLE after their nuptials which, per custom, saved their first kiss for last.
In April 2015, the couple welcomed a baby boy, Israel David, followed by son Samuel Scott in 2017. Jill and Derick welcomed their third baby, Frederick "Freddy" Michael, in July 2022.
Sadly, in April 2024, the couple announced the stillbirth of their "beautiful baby girl, Isla Marie Dillard." Jill was four months pregnant when the child died in utero.
Since quitting the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff Counting On in 2017 and subsequently distancing herself from her family, Jill has embraced a life without some of the strict rules she was raised with.
The certified midwife got a nose ring, enjoys the occasional alcoholic drink, wears jeans (Duggar women are expected to wear long dresses or skirts only) and even modeled modest swimwear. She's also been outspoken about her sex life with Derick and shared that they use non-hormonal birth control.
Jill and Derick appeared in the 2023 docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, in which Jill reflected on her brother Josh's numerous scandals and spoke about how she wasn't compensated for starring in her family's two TLC shows. "I never received any payout — no check, no cash, no nothing. For seven and a half years of my adult life, I was never paid," she said in the docuseries.
In September 2023, Jill and Derick released a memoir titled Counting the Cost.
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Jessa and Ben Seewald
Jessa Duggar Seewald and husband Ben Seewald in February 2020Credit: Jessa Duggar/Instagram
The Duggars' third daughter got married in November 2014 in front of more than 1,000 people at the First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Ark. Jessa and her husband, Ben Seewald, welcomed their first child, son Spurgeon, one year later after a dramatic two-day home birth.
The couple's second baby, son Henry, joined the family in February 2017, followed by daughters Ivy Jane and Fern in May 2019 and July 2021, respectively.
In February 2023, Jessa opened up on her YouTube channel about experiencing a miscarriage.
"Nothing could have prepared me for the weight of those words in that moment," Jessa said. "At that moment I was just in complete shock. I didn't have words. I just immediately started crying."
Ben and Jessa's fifth child, son George, arrived in December 2023. "Best Christmas present ever!" the doting mom wrote on Instagram at the time. The couple welcomed their sixth child, son Edward, in July 2025.
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Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo
Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger Duggar Vuolo at a screening for Lionsgate's 'Unsung Hero' in Santa Moncia, Calif., on April 17, 2024Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty for Lionsgate
PEOPLE exclusively revealed in July 2016 that Jinger and former professional soccer player Jeremy Vuolo were engaged — and on Nov. 5, 2016, the two said "I do" in front of 1,000 guests at the Cathedral of the Ozarks at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. The groom's father officiated.
In July 2018, the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Felicity, and in November 2020, after a miscarriage the year prior, they welcomed another daughter, Evangeline Jo. The couple's first son, Finnegan Charles, arrived in March 2025.
Jinger, Jeremy and their kids currently live in Santa Clarita, Calif., after relocating from Laredo, Texas.
In January 2023, Jinger published a memoir titled Becoming Free Indeed. In a video on her YouTube channel, she elaborated on why she wrote it.
"This is a book about me and my spiritual journey, a journey of disentangling truth from lies. In it, I share stories from my life — stories that nobody saw while the TV cameras were rolling: stories of fear and uncertainty but also of discovery and hope," she said at the time.
Jinger's second book, People Pleaser, was published in January 2025.
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Joseph and Kendra Duggar
Kendra Duggar and Joseph Duggar in August 2020Credit: joseph and kendra duggar/instagram
The Duggars' son Joseph married wife Kendra, on Sept. 8, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, Ark.
Joseph got his real estate license in 2016 and was the first Duggar kid to attend college. He studied at Crown Bible College in Tennessee for one year before returning to work at his family's construction business.
In June 2018, the newlyweds welcomed their first child, son Garrett. In November 2019, they expanded their family again, welcoming daughter Addison. Another baby, daughter Brooklyn, arrived in February 2021, and they have since added a fourth child to their family.
In March 2026, Joseph was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older after an alleged incident that took place in Panama City Beach, Fla. in 2020.
The Bay County Sheriff's Office said that after the victim's father approached him, Joseph "allegedly admitted his actions to the father and Tontitown detectives."
Though he was arrested by the Tontitown Police Department, Joseph will be extradited to Bay County.
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Josiah and Lauren Duggar
Lauren Duggar and Josiah DuggarCredit: TLC
In January 2018, Josiah announced he and family friend Lauren Swanson had entered a courtship. The pair got engaged that March and tied the knot that June 2018, enjoying their honeymoon in Vienna.
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After Lauren experienced a miscarriage in October 2018, the couple announced the following May that they were expecting their rainbow baby. In November 2019, they welcomed daughter Bella Milagro.
The couple has since welcomed two more children, Daisy and Ezra.
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Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth
Austin Forsyth and Joy-Anna Duggar Forsyth in August 2025Credit: Joy Forsyth/Instagram
Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth knew each other for 15 years before entering into a courtship in November 2016.
"It's really special that I got to grow up with him and my family knows him really well," Joy-Anna told PEOPLE before marrying Austin in May 2017. "We feel so happy and so excited!"
They expanded their family in February 2018, welcoming their first baby, son Gideon.
Just over a year later, they announced that they were expecting again — but when they went in for their 20-week check ultrasound, they learned that they had lost their unborn baby.
They welcomed their second child, daughter Evelyn "Evy" Mae, in August 2020 and, in May 2023, they became a family of five when they welcomed their third child, son Gunner.
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Jedidiah "Jed" Duggar and Katey Nakatsu
Jedidiah Duggar and Katey Duggar in April 2021Credit: Jed Duggar/Instagram
Jedidiah "Jed," twin to Jeremiah, wed Katey Nakatsu on April 3, 2021, after "quietly" courting her.
The couple welcomed their first baby, son Truett, in May 2022, followed by daughter Nora Kate in May 2023, and twins, Elsie Kate and Emma Kate, in January 2025.
In 2019, Jed ran for the Arkansas House of Representatives but didn't win. Now, he works for the family's car dealership.
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Jeremiah and Hannah Duggar
Jeremiah Duggar and Hannah Duggar in October 2025Credit: Hannah Duggar/Instagram
Jeremiah married his wife Hannah in March 2022.
The couple welcomed a baby girl, Brynley, on Christmas Day in 2022. In February 2024, Hannah and Jeremiah's second child, daughter Brielle, was born. The couple welcomed their third child, daughter Emery, in May 2025.
Jeremiah is a licensed real estate agent, flight instructor and contractor.
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Jason and Maddie Grace Duggar
Jason Duggar and Maddie Grace Duggar in December 2025Credit: Jase Duggar/Instagram
In May 2024, Jason announced his courtship with Maddie Grace, and three months later he popped the question. The couple married in Tennessee, the bride's home state, in October 2024, with 300 friends and family in attendance.
In August 2025, the couple went on Jinger's podcast to shoot down constant rumors they are expecting a baby.
"We are not expecting at all. We are not trying to be expecting," Maddie revealed, noting that, despite having a bit of baby fever, they were still "getting to know each other" and she was finishing school and wanted to wait to get her degree.
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James Duggar
James Duggar in April 2023Credit: James Duggar Instagram
James is a rancher and helps his family care for cattle. He has a commercial driver's license and, in recent years, was in the process of earning his pilot license, taking after his older brothers John-David and Jeremiah.
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Justin and Claire Duggar
Justin Duggar and Claire Duggar in February 2022Credit: Claire Duggar/Instagram
Three months after announcing their engagement, Justin wed Claire Spivey on Feb. 26, 2021.
Justin began courting Claire after the two met in the spring of 2019, but their families had known each other for nearly 20 years.
In 2021, the couple shared that they had settled down in Texas.
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Jackson Duggar
Jackson Duggar in November 2021Credit: The Duggar Family/Instagram
Jackson completed ALERT (Air Land Emergency Resource Team) Academy training — a military-style Christian ministry — in 2022.
Michelle shared the details of Jackson's accomplishments on the family blog, writing, "Several of our sons — Joseph, Josiah, Jeremiah, Jason and James — have also gone through the ALERT Academy to learn a variety of skills including search and rescue, and dive training. (Many ALERT graduates have gone on to become firemen, first responders, policemen, or have joined the military.)"
The tenth-born Duggar son doesn't have social media accounts of his own but can be seen in family blog posts and birthday wishes from his siblings and parents on Instagram.
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Johannah Duggar
Johannah Duggar and family in October 2020Credit: Duggar Family Instagram
Johannah keeps her life pretty private online and doesn't have any social media. According to the Duggar family website, Johannah loves volleyball and drawing.
In 2018, Johannah recorded an album called Happy Heart with her younger sisters Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace and Josie along with their cousin Mackynzie — Josh's daughter.
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Jennifer Duggar
Jennifer Duggar in August 2020Credit: Duggar Family Instagram
Jennifer, like the other teenage Duggars, lives at home with her parents. She doesn't have any social media accounts of her own, but fans can catch glimpses at her life through her older siblings' Instagrams.
She, along with Jana and Jessa, visited Jinger in California in June 2022, which was sweetly documented on Jinger's account. She posted a handful of photos from the trip, including one sitting with a smiling Jennifer.
The family website describes Jennifer as the "#1 animal lover" and "by far the most crafty member of our family."
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Jordyn-Grace Duggar
Jordyn Duggar in December 2019Credit: Duggar Family Instagram
Jordyn-Grace is described on her family's website as a "sweet-hearted, confident girl" with a love for art, fashion and calligraphy. She's been a flower girl at several Duggar family weddings.
While she doesn't have any social media accounts of her own, Jordyn-Grace often pops up on the Duggar family Instagram account, where she's featured in group pics with her siblings and parents.
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Josie Duggar
Josie Duggar in May 2018Credit: The Duggar Family/Instagram
Born premature at 25 weeks in 2009 and weighing just 22 oz., the world watched as the Duggars' youngest child, Josie, struggled to survive.
When she was 5 year old, Josie had a seizure during the filming of 19 Kids and Counting. Michelle elaborated on her daughter's history with seizures in the dramatic episode.
"One of the little glitches for Josie is that if she runs a fever, she does have the tendency to have febrile seizures," Michelle explained at the time. "It might happen just like that; she'll spike a temp when you least expect it, and she'll have a seizure."
Now, a teen, Josie lives at home with her parents and occasionally pops up in her siblings' IG posts and vlogs.
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Amy Duggar King and Dillon King
Amy Duggar King and Dillon King at an event for WE tv in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2018Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Known as the "rebellious cousin," Amy Duggar is the daughter of Jim Bob's sister Deanna and made frequent appearances on 19 Kids and Counting, where her less-conservative upbringing made her stand out from the rest of the family.
"For me, growing up was all about shorts, tank tops, country songs and boyfriends," the reality star previously told PEOPLE. "I love the Lord and I love my family. I'm just not born to live exactly the way they do."
After a short engagement, Amy married longtime friend Dillon King in a country-chic wedding on the grounds of Horton Farms near Bentonville, Ark., in September 2015. The couple appeared on Marriage Boot Camp in 2017, where they worked on the issues in their marriage and ultimately decided to stay together.
The pair welcomed their first child together, son Daxton Ryan, in October 2019.
Dillon experienced a health scare in early 2025, and he was "diagnosed with a severe diaphragmatic rupture — an extremely rare and dangerous condition that has caused vital organs, including his kidney and parts of his digestive system, to shift into his chest cavity."
In October 2025, Amy told PEOPLE his health issues were "connected to Celiac disease" and that "changing his diet has already made a big difference."
That same month, Amy released her debut memoir, Holy Disruptor.
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