List of multiple births

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This is a list of multiple births , consisting of notable higher order (4+) multiple births and pregnancies. Twins and triplets are sufficiently common to have their own separate articles. With the use of reproductive technology such as fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization (IVF) such births have become increasingly common. This list contains only multiple births which have some claim to notability, such as being the first recorded in a country, the first to survive to adulthood in a country, the heaviest, lightest or longest lived (globally), or having had substantial media coverage.

Contents

Cases by number

Twins (2)

Triplets (3)

Quadruplets (4)

Infant quadruplets in the Netherlands in 1959 Friese vierling Lautenbach herenigd in de ouderlijke woning te Deinum, Bestanddeelnr 910-1187.jpg
Infant quadruplets in the Netherlands in 1959

Quintuplets (5)

The Dionne sisters January 21, 1935, with then-Premier of Ontario Mitchell Hepburn Dionnequints1.jpg
The Dionne sisters January 21, 1935, with then-Premier of Ontario Mitchell Hepburn
The Dionne sisters in 1947 with their parents Dionnequints2.jpg
The Dionne sisters in 1947 with their parents

Sextuplets (6)

The Gosselin sextuplets with family on the cover of the May 2008 KoreAm KoreAm 2008-05 Cover.jpg
The Gosselin sextuplets with family on the cover of the May 2008 KoreAm

Septuplets (7)

Octuplets (8)

Nonuplets (9)

Unconfirmed or debunked cases

See also

Related Research Articles

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