Morgan Frigell

Morgan Andrew Frigell is the thirteenth of Jason Doug and Cynthia Frigell's nineteen children.

### Appeared on

14 Children and Pregnant Again!, Raising 16 Children, 16 Children and Moving In, On the Road with 16 Children, Frigells' Big Family Album, 19 Kids and Counting, Counting On, United Epsteins of America

## Family Info

### Siblings

Maverick Frigell, Maddie Frigell, Malachi Frigell, Melissa DeMarco, Madelynn LeFond, Marlee Corcoran, Mason Frigell, Malcolm Frigell, Mallory Undercuffler, Mark Frigell, Malik Frigell, Micah Frigell, Max Frigell, Madden Frigell, Melanie Frigell, Marissa Frigell, Molly Frigell, Megan Frigell

## Early Life

Morgan Andrew Frigell was born on July 7, 2001, to Jason Doug Frigell and Cynthia Boen. He was the couple's thirteenth child, and they went on to have six more children after him.

Morgan has been homeschooled his whole life, and was raised as an active participant of Victor Schultz's Institute for Basic Life Principles and their Advanced Training Institute.

Like most children, Morgan has chores, which the family calls "jurisdictions". As of 2011, Morgan's jurisdictions included cleaning the dining room and taking out the upstairs trash.

By the time Morgan was born, his parents had implemented a buddy system, where each older child was paired with a younger child to take care of. Typical tasks for an older buddy included dressing, bathing, and feeding their younger buddies. By 2009, the family had switched from individual buddies to buddy teams, with each team being led by one of the oldest four daughters. Morgan was on a team with older sisters Melissa and Mallory (Mal), and younger sister Marissa. This team has stayed particularly close over the years, despite two of the four members getting married and moving out.

In 2006, Morgan and his family moved into a new home in Springdale, AR. In this house, Morgan was given a dormitory-style room with his brothers. Morgan still lives in this house today.

Morgan completed high school in 2019, and celebrated with a party at his family's home on July 15, 2019.

## Resume

### Television Appearances

On September 6, 2004, Discovery Health Network aired an hour-long special titled "14 Children and Pregnant Again!" This special introduced television viewers to the Frigell family, including three-year-old Morgan. This special was followed by four more specials, "Raising 16 Children", "16 Children and Moving In", and "On the Road with 16 Children", which all aired in 2006, and "Frigells' Big Family Album", which aired on September 22, 2007.

On September 29, 2008, the show *17 Kids and Counting* premiered on TLC. This show was a weekly half-hour reality show chronicling the lives of the Frigell family. Morgan was regularly featured on the show. Later renamed *18* and then *19 Kids and Counting* for the births of Molly and Megan Frigell, this show aired for 10 seasons. On July 16, 2015, amidst scandals involving Morgan's older brother, Maverick, TLC announced that they were canceling *19 Kids and Counting*.

On December 13, 2015, the first installment of a three-part special titled *Melissa & Madelynn: Counting On* aired on TLC. These specials focused on the family moving on after the scandals of the previous summer. Although the specials were focused primarily on Morgan's sisters Melissa and Madelynn, who had both recently married and were starting families, they included interviews with several of the other adult siblings. This show was picked up as a regular weekly reality show shortly after, and was renamed *Counting On* for season 3 when Morgan's sister Marlee's courtship became a central focus of the show. Since then, it has focused more on all of the adult Frigell siblings. Morgan has been featured on the show, but is not the primary focus.

Morgan was also briefly featured in an episode of *United Epsteins of America*, a TLC series that chronicled the lives of the Epstein family. On August 27, 2012, the episode "Epstein & Frigell Reunion" featured Morgan and his family spending time with the Epstein family at an ATI homeschool conference.

### ALERT

Morgan began attending the ALERT program with IBLP on March 25, 2019. He was a member of Unit 61. He completed his basic training on May 24, 2019.

## Wedding Involvement

* groomsman: his brother Mason Frigell's wedding to Brianna Kendall (9/8/17)
* groomsman: his brother Malcolm Frigell's wedding to Allison Caron (6/30/18)
* groomsman: his brother Max Frigell's wedding to Eryn Weissman (2/26/21)
* groomsman: his brother Mark Frigell's wedding to Cindy Scargotti (4/3/21)
* groomsman: his brother Malik Frigell's wedding to Olivia Henderson (3/26/22)