Facts About Multiples
An Encyclopedia of Multiple Birth Records

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Sextuplets (6)

World Sextuplets

Total Sets
I have recorded 177 sets of sextuplets in the world as of October 2008.

First Sets Born
1500s - Italy
1600s - Italy
1831 - Unidentified (USA, December 30 1831) They were reportedly 6 girls, none survived, and the mother was 19.

First Surviving Set
1974 - David Peter, Emma Louise, Nicolette Anne, Grant, Elizabeth Rebecca and Jason Solomon Rosenkowitz born in South Africa, January 11 1974.

All Surviving Sets
35 sets (including the surviving Calvijo octuplets)

  1. 1974 - Rosenkowitz (South Africa, Jan 11) David 4bs 4ozs, Grant 4lbs 1oz, Jason 4lbs 6ozs, Emma 3lbs, Nicolette 2lbs 7ozs, Elizabeth 3lbs 5ozs.
  2. 1980 - Giannini (Italy, January 11) Francesco, Fabrizio, Giorgio, Roberto, Letizia & Linda.
  3. 1983 - Vanhove/Gadeyne(Belgium, August 17) Bruno 3lbs 3ozs, Jelle 2lbs 9ozs, Tom 3lbs 3ozs, Anne 2lbs 9ozs, Lode 2lbs 9ozs, Veerle 2lbs 9ozs.
  4. 1983 - Walton (UK, Nov 18) Hannah 2lbs 1oz, Lucy 2lbs 15ozs, Ruth 2lbs 11ozs, Sarah 2lbs 5ozs, Kate 2lbs 13ozs, Jennifer 3lbs 8ozs.
  5. 1986 - Coleman (England, Nov 12) Gary 3lbs 10ozs, James 2lbs 2ozs, Stuart 3lbs 15ozs, Hannah 3lbs 3ozs, Nichola 3lbs 5ozs, Jayne 3lbs 4ozs.
  6. 1989 - Adam (France, January 14) Melanie 2lbs 14.5ozs, Doriane 3lbs 3ozs, Coralie 3lbs 0ozs, Gaelle 3lbs 4.5ozs, Cedric 3lbs 1.5ozs and Kevin 3lbs.5ozs.
  7. 1993 - Vince (England, May 19) Rebecca 2lbs 9ozs, Gregory 2lbs 11ozs, Katie 1lb 5ozs, Stephanie 2lbs 12ozs, Jessica 2lbs 6ozs and Valerie 2lbs 7ozs.
  8. 1993 - Asencio/Lungano (Argentina, May 22) Francisco, Julio, Mercedes, Mary Ines, Lucia and Mary Laura.
  9. 1993 - Dilley (IN, May 25) Brenna 2lbs 6ozs, Ian 2lbs 11ozs, Julian 2lbs 13ozs, Quinn 2lbs 2ozs, Claire 2lbs 7ozs, Adrian 2lbs 13ozs.
  10. 1993 - Lopez (Argentina, July 7) María Luz, Solana, Camila, Julieta, Alejo, Lautaro.
  11. 1996 - Haner (NY, Mar 22 ) Christian 2lbs 6ozs, Ryan 2lbs 9ozs, Austin 2lbs 9ozs, Mary Ellen 2lbs, Joshua 2lbs 6ozs, Breanna 2lbs.
  12. 1996 - Incarnato (Italy, March 27) Sara, Deborah, Rosanna, Mariarca, Emanuele & Pasquale.
  13. 1996 - Garja/Tijerina (Mexico, June 26) Luis, Jose, Carlos, Esperanza, Rebeca & Ana.
  14. 1997 - Boniello (NY, Mar 24) Trifon 2lbs 11ozs, Sabrina Juliet 2lbs 8ozs, Olivia Frederica 2lbs 11ozs, Gerard Martin 2lbs 12ozs, Sophia Betty 2lbs 3ozs, Stella Raquel 2lbs 11ozs.
  15. 1997 - Secco (Italy, August 11) Davide, Jacopo, Nicolo, Elena, Silvia & Mattia
  16. 1998 - Prijono (Indonesia, November 29) Danny, Davis, Dylon, Douglas, Dominick & Deirdre. They ranged from 2.65lbs 3.97lbs
  17. 1999 - Martinez/Muniz(Mexico, November 23 1999) José 3lbs 13ozs, Gerardo 3lbs 7ozs, Antonio 2lbs 9 ozs, Fabian 4lbs 1oz, Julia 3lbs 3ozs and Cecilia 3lbs 2ozs.
  18. 2002 - Headrick (KS, Apr 6) Grant Douglas 3lbs 11ozs, Ethan Roy 3lbs 1oz, Sean Edward 2lbs 10ozs, Melissa Sue 3lbs 5ozs, Jaycie Linette 3lbs 8ozs & Danielle Patrice 3lbs 1oz.
  19. 2002 - Harris (AL, July 7) Kierra Christine 1lb 4ozs, Kaylynne Antoinett 1lb 7ozs, Kaleb Reddrick 1lb 11ozs, Kobe Byshari 1lbs 8ozs, Kieran Anthony 1lb 12ozs & Kyle Jacob 1lb 10ozs.
  20. 2003 - Perry (Pennsylvania, March 19) Ian 2lbs 9ozs, Simon 2lbs, Olivia 2lbs 1oz, Zoe 1lb 13ozs, Joshua 2lbs 7ozs, Madison 1lb 9ozs.
  21. 2003 - Al-Khatih (Gaza/Palestine, September 12) Yasser, Arafat, Ammar, Palestina, Tahreer & Nida.
  22. 2004 - Van Houten (MI, Jan 7, 16, 17) Jon Paul 1lb 8ozs, Gerrit 1lb 12ozs, Peyton 1lb 4ozs, Nolan 2lbs 1oz, Samantha 1lb 6ozs, Kennedy 1lb 5ozs.
  23. 2004 - Hanselman (Ohio, Feb 26) Kyle 2lbs 6ozs, Logan 2lbs 8ozs, Alex 2lbs 8ozs, Isabella 2lbs 10ozs, Sophia 1lb 9ozs, Lucy 2lbs 1oz.
  24. 2004 - Otten (Illinois, April 9) Jacob 2lbs 8ozs, Joshua 2lbs 10ozs, Tyler 2lbs 13ozs, Isabella 2lbs 15ozs, Madison 1lb 13ozs and Rileigh 2lbs 2ozs.
  25. 2004 - Gosselin (Penn, May 10) Joel 2lbs 9ozs, Aaden 2lbs 7ozs, Collin 3lbs, Alexis 2lbs 11ozs, Hannah 2lbs 11ozs & Leah 2lbs 14ozs.
  26. 2004 - Hayes (New Jersey, Sep 14) Connor 3lbs 9ozs, Eric 4lbs 8ozs, Ryan 4lbs 10ozs, Rebecca 4lbs 3ozs, Rachel 3lbs 9ozs, Tara 4lbs 7ozs.
  27. 2004 - unidentified (California, Sep 15) 4 boys, 2 girls. 1lb 14ozs to 2lbs 4.5ozs.
  28. 2005 - Ibrahim/Ahmed (Egypt, January) 5 girls, 1 boy, Imen, Esra, Elee, Aye, Esme, Muhammed
  29. 2005 - Moreno/Sanchez (Mexico, July) 6 girls, Flor, Gabriela Segumi, Fátima, Elizabeth, Mayela, Ángela 2lbs 8ozs to 2lbs 14ozs.
  30. 2005 - Figueroa/Perez (Dominican Republic, Dec 27) 3 boys, 3 girls, Emilio, Manuel, Hugo, Paola, Nerey, Emely
  31. 2007 - Masche (Arizona, June 11) Bailey, Savannah, Molli, Cole, Blake, Grant. 2lbs 1oz to 2lbs 14ozs.
  32. 2007 - Byler (Florida, Sep 1) Brady 2lbs 8ozs, Eli 3lbs, Ryan 3lbs, Jackson 2lbs 10ozs, Charlie 2lbs 5ozs, MacKenzie 2lbs 9ozs.
  33. 2008 - Carpio (New York, October 6) Justin, Genesis, Joel, Jadon, Jezreel, Danelia
  34. 2008 - unidentified (Germany, October 16 2008) 4 girls, 2 boys. Around 1lb 12ozs each.

In addition there are 6 surviving octuplets born to Rosario Clavijo in Spain on December 5 1996.

There is the possibility of 50 sets living, as I don't have follow up info on these sets:

  1. 1978 - unidentified (Guatemala, September 1978) 5 boys, 1 girl, unsure how many survive
  2. 1980 - Abbas Basha (Egypt, June 1980) 6 girls, unsure how many survive
  3. 1980 - Craig (South Africa, October 16 and November 8 1980) 4 boys, 2 girls, Frank, Andrew, John, William, Salome, Deborah (South African press couldn't verify it)
  4. 1983 - Ahmed (Iraq, January 25 1983) 6 boys, unsure how many survive, not verified
  5. 1985 - Shanun (Israel, October 8 1985) 5 boys, 1 girl
  6. 1986 - unidentified (Australia, 1986)
  7. 1989 - unidentified (Italy, May 20 1989)
  8. 1993 - Radic (Ecuador, April 23 1993) 4 boys, 2 girls
  9. 1994 - Caram (Argentina, March 2 1994) 4 girls, 2 boys, unsure how many survive
  10. 1996 - Carotenuto (Italy, February 27 1996) 4 girls, 2 boys
  11. 1998 - unidentified (Saudi Arabia, September 6 1998) 3 boys, 3 girls, reported to be spontaneous, already had a set of triplets
  12. 1999 - Belfort (June 15 1999)  
  13. 2000 - unidentified (Saudi Arabia, February 20 2000)
  14. 2002 - Sheikh (Pakistan, October 30 2002) 5 boys, 1 girl
  15. 2003 - Ghosson (Lebanon, October 11 2003) 4 girls, 2 boys, Batool, Mariyam, Hitaf, Aya, Ali, Abdelrahman (1 may have died, the hospital site says 5 went home)
  16. 2003 - Chiarelli/Lo Vetere (Italy, 2003) reportedly conceived spontaneously

If anyone knows whether these sets survived, please email me. Most of the info I got from old newspapers, but they never followed up on how many survived.

First American Set To Survive
1993 - Brenna, Ian, Julian, Quinn, Claire, and Adrian Dilley of Indiana, born May 25 1993.

First African American Set To Survive
2002 - Kierra, Kaylynne, Kaleb, Kobe, Kieran and Kyle Harris (Alabama, July 7).

The Thompson sextuplets were the first African American set to be born in the US, with 5 surviving.

First Set Born From Fertility Treatments
1968 - Lynne (d), Julie, Susan, girl (d), Ian (d), and Roger Thorns were born in England in October 2 1968, they were the result of HCG treatment.

Youngest Mother of Sextuplets
19 years old - Unidentified (USA, December 30 1831)
19 years old - Unidentified (Nigeria, 1907) 6 girls, none survived.

Lightest Birthweight (Total, all 6 survive)
9lbs 2ozs - Van Houten (Michigan, January 7, 16 and 17 2004)

Lightest Birthweight (Single Baby, surviving)
1lb 2ozs - Kiara Leonard (Illinois, October 21 1997)

Heaviest Birthweight (Total, all 6 survive)
24lbs 14ozs - Hayes (New Jersey, September 14 2004)

Heaviest Birthweight (Single Baby, surviving) .
4lbs 10ozs - Ryan Hayes (New Jersey, 2004).

Longest Gestation
33 weeks - José, Gerardo, Antonio, Fabian, Julia and Cecilia Martinez (Mexico, November 23 1999).

Delayed Birth
24 days - Jeremiah, Noah, Christopher, Rebekah, Hannah and Faith Collins born October 18 (Christopher) and November 11 1998. Four survive.

Natural Delivery
3 sets - Vanhove/Gadeyne (Belgium, August 17 1983), Ibikunle (Nigeria, March 31 2003), Van Houten (Michigan, January 7, 16 and 17 2004).

Spontaneously Conceived
7 sets - Garja/Tijerino (sometimes seen as Martinez) (Mexico, June 26 1996), Hong (China, December 23 1998), Unidentified (Saudi Arabia, 1998), Ibukinle (Nigeria, March 31 2003), Wang (China, May 2003), Abdel-Meguid/Abdel Hakim (Egypt, October 27 2003), Chiarelli/Lo Vetere (Italy, 2003).

All Female Sextuplets
8 sets - Only 1 (possibly 2) sets with all surviving.

1831 - Unidentified (USA, December 30 1831) none survived.
1893 - Unidentified (England), no word on survivors.
1907 - Unidentified (Nigeria) with none surviving.
1980 - Abbas Basha (Egypt, 1980) no word on survivors.
1983 - Hannah, Lucy, Ruth, Sarah, Kate and Jenny Walton (England, November 18 1983) Said to be 1st surviving all female set.
1997 - Abdel-Fattah (Egypt, October 31 1997) 4 survive
2005 - Moreno/Sanchez (Mexico, July 2005) born at 32 weeks

All Male Sextuplets
2 or 3 sets - None survived as far as I know.

1967 - Unidentified (Pakistan, November 1 1967), with no info on survivors.
1983 - Ahmed (Iraq, January 1983), but never followed up on if any survived.
1985 - Calcatelli (Italy, January 9 1985). One died at 10 days, but I don't know how many survived. [Note, this set may actually be 4 boys and 2 girls]

Sets With Identicals
5 sets

2 sets of identicals - 1903 - Unidentified (Ghana, April 19 1903) 2 sets of boys were identical, 1 boy fraternal and 1 girl fraternal. None survived.
2 sets of identicals - 2003 - Abdel-Meguid/Abdel Hakim (Egypt, October 27 2003) 2 boys identical, 2 girls identical, a boy and girl fraternal. 5 survive (1 girl died).
2 sets of identicals - 2006 - Bailey (Arizona, February 17 2006) 2 boys identical, 2 girls identical, 4 survive (IVF conceived).
3 identical - 1998 - Hong (China, December 23 1998) 3 boys identical, 1 boy fraternal, 2 girls fraternal. 4 survive.
2 identical - 1998 - Lacasale (New Jersey, October 20 1998) 2 identical babies were lost in utero, unsure of sex.
2 identical - 2007 - Soldani (California, September 12 2007) 4 girls, 2 boys, Lucia, Joely (d), Bailey (d), Briana (d), Bruno, Santino.

American Surviving Sextuplets (less than 6 surviving)
Not counting the sets where all 6 survived, there have been 27 other births of sextuplets in the USA since 1831.

Sets Born Per Year (USA)
Since 1989 there have been an average of 1.125 sets of sextuplets born each year in the USA.
About 2.72% of all sextuplets will have some identical children.
 

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