List of multiple births

For notable twins, see List of twins and Category:Fictional twins.

This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable multiple births and pregnancies that were greater than twins, such as triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, and higher orders.

Cases by number

Triplets (3)

The Dahm sisters at a public appearance in 2005.

• The Del Rubio triplets Edith (B. Boyd), Elena (Boyd), and Milly (Boyd) (born August 23, 1921 in Panama) were a variety/musical act of the 1980s who rose to notoriety due mostly to their campy style of dress and their goofy interpretations of standards and songs of the era.

• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (born July 8, 1926 in Zürich, Switzerland, died August 24, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona), a psychiatrist and author perhaps best known for developing the "Five Stages of Grief", was one of a set of identical triplets.

• Doris Kingston, Alice Holmes and Gladys Caress (born June 12, 1927 in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire) are the oldest living identical triplets in the United Kingdom.

• The Creel triplets, Leanna, Monica, and Joy (born August 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) starred in The Parent Trap III and The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon, two Disney made-for-TV movies.

• The Haden triplets, Petra, Tanya and Rachel (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) are musicians who have performed individually in bands and together as their own. They are the daughters of jazz double bassist Charlie Haden.

• Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm (born December 22, 1977 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) are identical triplets who were featured as Playmates in the December 1998 issue of Playboy magazine.

• The Karshner triplets of Lake Isabella, California, Craig, Nick, and Ryan (born December 23, 1982) are male models who have been featured in advertisements for Abercrombie & Fitch and Cingular.

• The Landeberg triplets of Sundsvall, Sweden, Izzy, Rock, and Kelii (born c. 1984) are the members of the glam rock band Snake of Eden.

• The Armstrong triplets of Truro, Cornwall, Lil, Helen, and Kate (born c. 1986) are the first triplets to have all been accepted into Cambridge University.

• The Saunders triplets played the infant Harry Potter in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

• 54-year-old Washington, United States resident and grandmother Aracelia Garcia naturally conceived female triplets in 1999.

• A Surrey, BC couple, Thea and Phil Wilson, shattered the odds with the birth of the naturally conceived, identical triplet girls (Daniella, Alexis and Gemma) on February 29, 2008 in New Westminster, British Columbia. The girls, who arrived 10 weeks early ranged in weigh from 2 lbs. 5 oz. to 3 lbs. 5 oz.

Quadruplets (4)

• The Keys quadruplets (born June 4,1915 in Hollis, Oklahoma) were the first same-sex quadruplets known to survive to adulthood. They attended Baylor University on scholarship and graduated in 1937. The eldest, Roberta Keys Torn, celebrated her 90th birthday in 2005.

• The Johnson quadruplets (born in 1935 in Dunedin, New Zealand) were the first surviving set in Australasia.

• The Fultz quadruplets born May 23, 1946 in Rockingham, North Carolina The first identical African American quads on record.

• The Harris quadruplets born June 30, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois

• The Alexander quadruplets (born September 2, 1967 in Auckland, New Zealand) were the first set of identical quadruplets born in New Zealand.

• The identical Hansen quadruplets (born October 24, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas) are Alison, Brooke, Claire, and Darcy. The sisters have appeared on the The Tonight Show and other talk shows. They attended Baylor University on academic scholarships and graduated in 1997.

• The Steeves quadruplets (born December 17, 1982 in Calgary, Alberta) were the first identical set to be born in Canada.

• The Kuzmanic quadruplets (born April 15, 1985 in Long Beach, California) are the first quads to have been born through in-vitro fertilization in the United States. Their names in birth order are Stephen, Kristopher, Paige and Kirk Jr.

• The VanderWoude quadruplets (born September 21, 1987 to Dr. Phil and Christina VanderWoude in Grand Rapids), were the first set to live past infancy at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus.

• The identical Furtick quadruplets (born June 21, 1990 in New York City) are Kevin, Jason, Keith, and Victor. Their mother, who did not plan on having another child after the murder of her 17-year-old son in 1989, became pregnant unexpectedly at the age of 39.

• The Boyle quadruplets (born July 4, 1990 in Indianapolis, Indiana) are Douglas, Rebecca, Frances, and Laura. They were featured in the Kodak Photo of the Century in 2000.

• The Jackson quadruplets (born in 1992 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) are Jessica, Mackenzie, Meredith, and Stephanie. Their parents, Stephen and Regina, adopted the four sisters, making them the first identical African-American quadruplets to be adopted in the United States.

• The identical Akse quadruplets (born 1993 in Hardenberg, The Netherlands) are Bo, Tessa, Lisa en Esmé.

• The identical Durst quadruplets (born February 10, 1993 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota) are the first set to have lived to adolescence in Minnesota.

• The identical Grady quadruplets (born April 8, 1998 in Iowa City, Iowa) were one of two sets to be delivered at the same hospital in a two-day period.

• The Brino quadruplets (born September 21, 1998 in Woodland Hills, California) played the twins Sam and David Camden on the television series 7th Heaven. When they all started to look different, the only girl of the set, Myrinda, stopped appearing on the show. Only Nikolas and Lorenzo have starred on the show since then.

• The identical Mathias quadruplets (born February 16, 2000 in Lexington, South Carolina) are Grace, Emily, Mary Claire and Anna. A home movie of the girls laughing in unison was featured on America's Funniest Home Videos. Their family was awarded over $250,000 as a result.

• The Derrick quadruplets (born March 13, 2007 in Columbia, South Carolina) are Hannah, Linda, Bella, and Gianna. Their mother, who conceived with the use of fertility drugs, had originally been told to expect sextuplets, but two did not make it through to the end of the pregnancy.

• The Burkett quadruplets (born August 8, 2007 in Evansville, Indiana) are Benjamin Russell, Allie Grace, Anna Ruth, and Baron Ross.

• The Jepp quadruplets (born August 12, 2007 in Great Falls, Montana) were the first identical set to be born to a Canadian family since 1982. Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia were born in the United States due to hospitals in their hometown of Calgary, Alberta being at full capacity.

• A set of all-male quadruplets was born in General Santos City, Philippines on September 9, 2007 to Anastacio and Thelma Samson of Sarangani province. The parents plan on naming their sons John Paul I, John Paul II, John Paul III, and John Paul IV in honour of Pope John Paul II.

Quintuplets (5)

The Dionne sisters circa 1934 with then-Premier of Ontario Mitchell Hepburn.

• The identical Dionne quintuplets (born May 28, 1934 near Corbeil, Ontario) were the first quintuplets known to survive infancy. They were also the only set of identical quints known to live into adulthood.

• The Fischer quintuplets (born September 14, 1963 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) were the first known surviving set of American quintuplets. They consisted of one boy and four girls.

• The Lawson quintuplets (born July 27, 1965 in New Zealand) were the first set of surviving quintuplets conceived through the use of fertility medication.

• The Hanson quintuplets (born November 13,1969 in London) were the first set to survive in the United Kingdom, as well as the second suriving set of all-female quintuplets, after the Dionne sisters.

• The Kienast quintuplets of Liberty Corners, New Jersey (born February 24, 1970) were the first surviving set of American quintuplets conceived through fertility medication.

• A set of quintuplets consisting of three boys and two girls was born Gdańsk, Poland in 1971.

• The Gaither quintuplets of Indianapolis, Indiana (born August 3, 1983) were the first surviving African-American quintuplets and were one of only three naturally-conceived U.S. sets in 1993.

• The Al-Ghamdi quintuplets (born February 2, 1988 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) were the first set to be born in Saudi Arabia. Saeed Al-Ghamdi and his wife, Salha, welcomed five boys.

• The Cassidy quintuplets were born in Dublin, Ireland on August 16, 2001 to Veronica and Kevin Cassidy of Wexford. The three boys and two girls are the first quintuplets to have been born in Ireland.

• The Denny quintuplets were born to Steven and Lyndsey Denny of Bakersfield, California on October 17, 2003. Julian, Jilliana, Anthony, Joshua, and Alexis Denny recently celebrated their 4th birthday.

• The Brooks quintuplets were born to Kate and David Brooks on October 10, 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri. There are three girls (Ruth Elizabeth, Helen Marie and Emily Jayne) and two boys (David Owen and Jesse William) in the set.

• The Ziemliński quintuplets, three boys and two girls, were born in born in Poznań, Poland on November 2, 2006.

• The Ferrill quintuplets were born at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on December 21, 2006 to Jenny and Pete Ferrill of Danville, Illinois. The Ferrills, both of whom work in social services, suffered two miscarriages before utilizing fertility medication that resulted in quintuplets. The three boys (Landyn Konner, Layne Mykel and Drayden Karter) and two girls (Irelyn Kadyn and Kieran Skye), nicknamed the "Ferrill Five," were born at 31 weeks and were the subject of a documentary on TLC titled Quint-Essential that aired in late fall 2007.

• The Wright quintuplets were born on February 15, 2007 in Evansville, Indiana. The parents of the three boys and two girls, Rob and Emily Wright, live in Princeton.

• The Wilkinson quintuplets (born July 31, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona) were born to Jayson and Rachelle Wilkinson of Cedar Park, Texas. The quints three girls and two boysare: Kassidy, Kaydence, Kyndall Rustin and Ryder. They currently hold the record for the highest combined birthweight of a set of quintuplets at 21 lb (9.52 kg).

• Ramilyn Molino of Santo Tomas, Philippines gave birth to female identical quintuplets in Tagum City on October 10, 2007. The first baby was born in Molino’s house and the second came in an ambulance while the woman was being taken to a hospital. Both babies died on the way.

Upon reaching the hospital, Ramilyn gave birth to three more babies who died 2 days after.

Sextuplets (6)

• A set of sextuplets were born on October 2, 1968 in Birmingham, England to Barry and Sheila Thorns. They were the first sextuplets known to have been born alive in the United Kingdom, but one baby died shortly after birth, and two within the next two weeks.

• The Rosenkowitz sextuplets (born on January 11, 1974 in Cape Town, South Africa) were the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy.

• The Giannini sextuplets (born on January 11, 1980 in Italy) were the second sextuplets known to survive their infancy.
• The Walton sextuplets (born on November 18, 1983 in Liverpool) were the first sextuplets born in the United Kingdom known to survive their infancy, and the world's first all-female sextuplets.

• The Boniello sextuplets (born March 24, 1997 in Stony Brook, New York) set a record for the longest gestation of a sextuplet pregnancy in the United States at 29 weeks and one day.

• The Headrick sextuplets born April 6, 2002 in Rago, Kansas. First set of sextuplets born in Kansas, doubling the small town's population.

• The Harris sextuplets, born on July 7, 2002, are Kiera Christine, Kalynne Antoinett, Kaleb Reddrick, Kobe Byshari, Kieran Anthony and Kyle Jacob. They are Alabama's first set of sextuplets, and were the first recorded set of surviving African-American sextuplets.

• The Hanselman sextuplets (born February 26, 2004 in Akron, Ohio) are the first sextuplets to have been born in Ohio.

• The Gosselin sextuplets (born May 10, 2004 in Hershey, Pennsylvania) were born at 30 weeks gestation to parents Jon and Kate Gosselin. The set has three girls (Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, and Leah Hope) and three boys (Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Joel Kevin). The parents also have twin girls, Madelyn Kate and Cara Nicole, who were 3 at the time of their birth. See Jon & Kate Plus 8.

• The Hayes sextuplets (born September 14, 2004 in Long Branch, New Jersey) are the first surviving sextuplets to be born in New Jersey. The six children - three boys and three girls - weighed a total of 24 pounds and 14 ounces, a world record for the heaviest set of sextuplets.

• Canada's first sextuplets (born January 6 and 7, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia) were born at 25 weeks gestation. As of January 23, 2007, four of the six babies survive.

• The Morrison sextuplets (born June 10, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) were born to Ryan and Brianna Morrison. They were born at 22 weeks and 6 days or at 23 weeks and 3 days (original due date October 4th or 8th) gestation and weighed between 11 ounces and 1 pound 3 ounces. As of July 23, 2007, five have died (Tryg, Bennet, Cadence, Lincoln, and Lucia). Only one survive (Sylas).

• The Masche sextuplets (born June 10, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona) were born to Bryan and Jenny Masche 10 hours after the Morrison sextuplets. Bailey, Savannah, Molli, Cole, Blake and Grant were born at 30 weeks gestation, and are presently doing well.

• The Byler sextuplets (born September 1, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida) are Florida's first sextuplets. Conceived with the aid of fertility drugs, there are five boys and one girl: Brady, Eli, Ryan , Jackson, Charlie, and MacKenzie.

Septuplets (7)

• The first account of septuplets being born was to a 15th century couple, Thomas Bonham (d. 1473) and Edith Bonham (d. 1469) of Wiltshire, England. They were described as having "seven children at one birth" several years after becoming the parents of twins.

• The Frustaci septuplets (born May 21, 1985 in Orange, California) were the first septuplets to be born in the United States. Born at 28 weeks, only three of the seven survived, with one baby being stillborn and three dying within 19 days of birth.

• The McCaughey septuplets (born November 19, 1997 in Des Moines, Iowa) were the world's first surviving set of septuplets. The four boys and three girls were born at 31 weeks, weighing between 2 lb 5ozs and 3 lb 4ozs.

• The Humair septuplets (born January 14, 1998 in Abha, Saudi Arabia) were the world's second surviving set of septuplets, born at 32 weeks to a 40-year-old mother, Hasna Mohammed Humair and her husband Abdullah Mohammed Ali. They had been told to expect four babies.

• The Qahtani septuplets (born July 12, 2001 in Washington, D.C.) were delivered by Dr. Mutahar Fauzia and are the third set of septuplets to live past infancy. Their parents, Fahad Qahtani and his wife, are Saudi Arabian, and received congratulations from Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

• A set of septuplets were born on April 18, 2007 in a suburb of Algiers, Algeria to Farhat and Souhila Touile. One of the babies, a boy, was stillborn; the remaining six are all girls and are reported to be in good health.

Octuplets (8)

• The first confirmed birth of octuplets occurred on March 10, 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico to Maria Teresa López de Sepulveda. All of the babies—four boys and four girls—had died within 13 hours of birth.

• The Chianese octuplets (born August 16, 1979 in Naples, Italy) were born to Pasqualina and Stefano Chianese. Six of the babies died and two survived. The couple had previously lost a set of sextuplets in 1976.

• A set of octuplets were born on December 20, 1985 to Sevil Capan of Imzir, Turkey. Born prematurely at 28 weeks, six of the octuplets died within 12 hours of birth, and the remaining two died within three days.

• A set of octuplets were born between September 30 and October 2, 1996 in a hospital in South London, United Kingdom to Mandy Allwood of Solihull. Allwood was only 19 weeks pregnant when she went into preterm labour and none of her octuplets survived.

• A set of octuplets were born on December 5, 1996 in Huelva, Spain to Rosario Clavijo. Two of them were stillborn and six survived.

• The Chukwu octuplets (born in December 1998 in Houston, Texas) were the first set of octuplets born in the United States. The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died a week after birth.

• A set of octuplets were born between September 13 and September 16, 2000 in Milan, Italy to Mariella Mazzara and Giovanni Pierrera of Trapani. One died immediately after birth, two within a few days of birth, and the oldest, Margherita, died a month later on October 10.

Dorothea, an alleged mother of nonuplets, shown supporting her second pregnancy (undecaplets) with a girdle.

Nonuplets (9)

• A set of nonuplets were born on June 13, 1971 in Sydney, Australia to Geraldine Brodrick. None of the five boys and four girls lived. Two were stillborn and the last to survive died six days after birth.

• A set of nonuplets were born on March 26, 1999 in Malaysia to Zurina Mat Saad. She had five boys and four girls (Adam, Nuh, Idris, Soleh, Hud, Aishah, Khadijah, Fatimah and Umi Kalsom) but none of them survived more than six hours.

• In July 2002, a Sudanese woman was reported to be two months pregnant with nine fetuses after having undergone fertility treatment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Decaplets (10)

• A set of decaplets were born in Brazil on April 22, 1946, including 8 girls and 2 boys. It was never recorded if they survived or died.

Undecaplets (11)

• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) reported the case of an Italian woman, Dorothea, who is said to have given birth to a set of undecaplets after having had nonuplets previously. This account has not been confirmed by contemporary historians and it is not known if any of the children survived.
• In Cyprus in 1996, a 23-year-old woman by the name of Efsthatiou was expecting 11 babies after using fertility drugs. She later chose to reduce that number to 4. The outcome of the pregnancy is unknown.

Duodecaplets (12)

• In 1736 in London, England, a woman reportedly conceived 9 girls and 3 boys.
• 1998 in Switzerland a woman miscarried 12 fetuses.
• Sciortino de Allavatti, a 24-year-old woman, lost 12 fetuses in 1992 that were conceived without the use of fertility drugs.

Quindecaplets (15)

• In Italy on July 22, 1971, 15 fetuses were removed from a mother's womb by Dr. Gennaro Montanino after 4 months of pregnancy. The fetuses were identified as 10 girls and 5 boys that were 5 inches long and 5 ounces. They were conceived using fertility drugs.

External links

• Facts About Multiples: online encyclopedia of multiple births.
• Ultrasound images of duodecaplet pregnancy from pages 43-44 of Ultrasound and Multifetal Pregnancy on Google Book Search.