Next Generation: 'Life changing love' By Emma Chaffin Feb 3, 2022 Feb 3, 2022 Updated May 17, 2023 0 Debra and Robert Chaffin raised their family in Floyd County. Photo submitted Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Emma Chaffin The house Debra Chaffin and her nine siblings were born in was two stories and six bedrooms in Abingdon, with a parlor where children weren’t allowed.kAmvC@H:?8 FA :? 2 DEC:4E 9@>6 H:E9 A2C6?ED @7 DEC@?8 C6=:8:@FD 36=:67D[ s63C2 D2:5[ D96 @7E6? 72465 492==6?86D E92E @E96C 49:=5C6? 5:5?’E 92G6 E@] w6C 72E96C H2D 2 AC62496C 2?5 4@2= >:?6C[ H9@ >256 9:D 49:=5C6? 23:56 3J 46CE2:? AC:?4:A=6D]k^AmkAm“|2?J A6@A=6 H@F=5 86E D:4< 7C@> E96 4@2= :? 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