Facts About Multiples
An Encyclopedia of Multiple Birth Records

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Septuplets In The World
Sets Listed: 50
 Updated October 21 2008

  1. Ali/Khamis (Egypt, August 16 2008) 4 boys, 3 girls, Mohammad (Hosni), Kareem (Mubarak), Bilal (Jamal), Yassin (Ala'a), Israa (Suzanne), Habiba (Khadija), Do'a (Jihan).
  2. al-Qahtani (from Virginia, born in Washington DC, July 12 2001) 5 boys, 2 girls, 6 survive, Bandar (d), Naif, Abdallah, Abdulaziz, Sultan, Shaima, Haifa
  3. Ayse/Saleh (from Palestine, born in Israel, June 6 2004) 5 girls, 2 boys, none survive (also seen the last name as Saleh ad Eid)
     
  4. Baylis (England, May 9 1829) none survived (4 identical, 3 died after birth, 4 were stillborn, spontaneous)
  5. Bonaventura (Italy) 4 were baptised
     
  6. Calderon (Chile, November 1971)
  7. Casanova (Cuba, May 1 1938) 6 girls, 1 boy
  8. Craig (Indiana, August 15 2003) 6 girls, 1 boy, none survive, Angelica (d), Jaden (d), Riley (d), Regan (d), Mikalya (d), Madison (d), Mackenzie (d, b))
  9. Cwikielnik (Illinois, October 1 1966) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
     
  10. de Bonham (England, UK, 1400's) all were baptized (also had twins seven years earlier, spontaneous)
  11. Deniz (Turkey, May 8 2005) none survived
  12. Diaz Carillo (Mexico, January 21 1997) 5 girls, 2 boys, none survive, Yuziri (d), Perla (d), Rocio (d), Daniela (d), Yalanda (d), Fernando (d), Dylan (d)
     
  13. Ericson (Sweden, August 1964) none survive (fertility treatments)
     
  14. Frustaci (California, May 21 1985) 4 boys, 3 girls, 3 survive, Richard, Stephen, James (d), David (d), Bonnie (d), Christina (d), Patricia
     
  15. Godino (Nicaragua, December 1939)  7 boys, none survived, mother also died (spontaneous)
     
  16. Halton (England, August 15 1987) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survived, Christy (d), Erin (d), Laura (d), Leah (d), Liam (d), Kane (d), Ben (d)
  17. Hoyos/Ochoa (Colombia, October 25 1993) 1 survives, Paula (d), Katherine (d), Adrianna, Laura
  18. Humair/ibn Mohammed Sammam (Saudi Arabia, January 14 1998) 4 boys, 3 girls, Al-Anoud, Fahd, Salman, Sultan, Hind, Naif, Noura
     
  19. Jusuf (Ethiopia, March 9 1969) 4 girls, 3 boys, 5 survive
     
  20. McCaughey (Iowa, November 19 1997) 4 boys, 3 girls, Kenneth, Joel, Brandon, Nathan, Natalie, Alexis, Kelsey (1st surviving set in the world)
  21. Martinez (Nicaragua, May 3, 4 and 5 1936) 3 survive (spontaneous)
     
  22. Navarra (Spain, August 14 1824) (spontaneous)
     
  23. Ortega (Mexico, October 5 1993) 4 girls, 3 boys, unsure how many survive
     
  24. Quesada (Spain, November 22 and 23 1885)
     
  25. Ribero (Spain, 1993) 5 boys, 2 girls
  26. Riffault/Bourru (France, 1700's) (all apparently survived to be baptised, spontaneous)
     
  27. Santartia (Italy, October 23 1992) 4 girls, 3 boys, 5 survive, Dina, Paola, Laura, Giovanna, Francesco, Ricardo, Antonio
     
  28. Taeb (from Libya, born in Jordan, August 24 2004) 5 boys, 2 girls, none survive (all died within 3 weeks) [Last name also seen as Al-Thaeb]
  29. Thiemen (Czech Republic, 1800's?) (spontaneous)
  30. Touile (Algeria, April 18 2007) 6 girls, 1 boy, 6 girls survive
     
  31. Verhaege-Denayer (Belgium, March 23 1966) none survive (spontaneous)
     
  32. Zapata/Smalls (New Jersey, January 30 2000) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survived (lost at 19 weeks)
     
  33. unidentified (Italy, 1715 or 1716) 2 boys died (spontaneous)
  34. unidentified (Portugal, March 12 1718) 7 boys, 2 survived (also had quadruplets in 1717, 2 survived, spontaneous)
  35. unidentified (Germany, 1894) (spontaneous)
  36. unidentified (France, February 20 1946) (spontaneous)
  37. unidentified (Brazil, July 1952) 4 girls, 3 boys (spontaneous)
  38. unidentified (Massachusetts, October 1 1961) 3 girls, 3 boys, none survive
  39. unidentified (Ohio, October 1 1966) none survive
  40. unidentified (England, UK, February 1970)
  41. unidentified (California, March 17 1972) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
  42. unidentified (Pakistan, July 2 1985)
  43. unidentified (India, June 4 1988)
  44. unidentified (Italy, May 20 1989)
  45. unidentified (Spain, January 1990) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
  46. unidentified (Saudi Arabia, September 1997) 1 survives
  47. unidentified (India, September 20 2002) 7 boys
  48. unidentified (India, April 4 2005) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survived (mother named Shirisha, already had 6 children, spontaneous)
  49. unidentified (England) 4 girls, 3 boys
  50. unidentified (Argentina, Aug 2007) 5 girls, 2 boys?, Zahara, Acsa, Aixa, Sjael, Zalma, Nahir, Zael (no news on outcome)

Octuplets In The World
Sets Listed: 18
 October 21 2008
 

  1. Capan (Turkey, December 20 1985) 5 boys, 3 girls, none survived
  2. Chianese (Italy, August 16 1979) 5 girls, 3 boys, 2 survive, Silvana, Anna, Valentina (d), girl (d), girl (d), Luca (d), Francesco (d), boy (d) (also had sextuplets)
     
  3. Gonzales (Argentina, 1955) (spontaneous)
     
  4. Hudson/Allwood (England, UK, September 30, October 2 1996) 6 boys, 2 girls, none survived (all lost at 19 weeks), Adam, Cassius, Donald, Kypros, Martyn, Nelson, Layne, Kitali
     
  5. Louis (Texas, December 8 and 20 1998) 6 girls, 2 boys, 7 survive, Odera (d), Gorom, Echerem, Ebuka, Chidi, Chima, Jioke, Ikem
     
  6. Mazzara/Pierrera (Italy, September 13 and 17 2000) 5 girls, 3 boys, 4 survive, Rosa Maria, Cristina (d), Connie, Margherita (d), Marta, Michele (b), Angelo Gabriele (d), Girolamo (d)
     
  7. Raposo/Clavijo (Spain, December 5 1996) 4 boys, 2 girls, 2 unknown, 6 survive, Miguel, David, Angel, Andres, Belen, Blanca, unknown (d early in utero), unknown (d late in utero)
  8. Ruibi (Mexico, 1921) (spontaneous)
     
  9. Sepulveda/Lopez (Mexico, December 3 1967) 4 boys, 4 girls, all boys names started with Jose, girls with Josefina
  10. Sing (China, June 1934) 7 boys, 1 girl
     
  11. Wei (China, September 29 1947) 8 boys, 1 died, others unknown
     
  12. Zerbini (Greece, July 9 1977) 5 girls, 3 boys, none survived
     
  13. unidentified (Mexico, March 10 1907) (spontaneous)
  14. unidentified (Alaska, 1985) reduced to twins
  15. unidentified (El Salvador, 1996)
  16. unidentified (Mexico)
  17. unidentified (Algeria) 6 girls, 2 unknown, 6 girls survive
  18. unidentified (Algeria, August 24 2005) none survive
     

Nonuplets In The World
Sets Listed: 6
Updated October 21 2008
 

  1. Broderick (Australia, June 13 1971) 5 boys, 4 girls, none survived, Richard
  2. Mat Saad (Malaysia, March 26 1999) 5 boys, 4 girls, none survived, Nuh, Idris, Soleh, Hud, Adam, Aishah (g), Khadijah (g), Fatimah (g), Umi Kalsom (g)
  3. unidentified (Pennsylvania, May 29 1972) none survive (delivered at 12 weeks)
  4. unidentified (England, UK, 1976) none survive
  5. unidentified (Bangladesh, May 11 1977) none survive
  6. unidentified (from Sudan, Saudi Arabia, 2002)

    1979 - Unidentified (Italy) (this may actually be the Chianese family who had octuplets. i am not listing them in the nonuplet count until it is verified they are not the Chianese set).

 

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