Carlin Bates Was Born in Tennessee on April 11, 1998. Uptv Star Known as One Member of the Expansive Bates Family. the Ninth Child of the Bates Brood, She and Her Eighteen Siblings Appear Alongside Their Parents on the Reality Television Show Bringing up Bates. the Bates Family Is Close with Fellow Reality Television Family the Duggars and She Has Become Friends with Joseph Duggar. Before the Premiere of Bringing up Bates, She Led the Children’s Ministry Hour at the Bates’ Local Church.