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An Encyclopedia of Multiple Birth Records

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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. Almire  or Anere (Philippines, August 2009) 4 boys, 3 girls, none survived, Michael (d), Rafael (d), Jay Miguel (d) Rigil Kent (d),  Jessica (d), Beth (d), Marian (d)
3. 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
4. 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)
    
5. Baylis (England, May 9 1829) none survived (4 identical, 3 died after birth, 4 were stillborn, spontaneous)
6. Bonaventura (Italy) 4 were baptised
    
7. Calderon (Chile, November 1971)
8. Campleatu (Guinea-Bissau, May 1953) 1 stillborn, 1 died, 5 born alive (mother was 18)
9. Casanova Corrias (Cuba, May 1 1938) 6 girls, 1 boy, none survived (spontaneous) 
10. 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))
11. Cwikielnik (Massachusetts, October 1 1966) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
     
12. de Bonham (England, UK, 1400's) all were baptized (also had twins seven years earlier, spontaneous)
13. Deniz (Turkey, May 8 2005) none survived
14. 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)
     
15. Eriksson (Sweden, August 1964) none survive (fertility treatments)
     
16. Frustaci (California, May 21 1985) 4 boys, 3 girls, 3 survive, Richard, Stephen, James (d), David (d), Bonnie (d), Christina (d), Patricia
     
17. Godino (Nicaragua, December 1939)  7 boys, none survived, mother also died (spontaneous)
     
18. 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)
19. Hoyos/Ochoa (Colombia, October 25 1993) 1 survives, Paula (d), Katherine (d), Adrianna, Laura
20. Humair/ibn Mohammed Sammam (Saudi Arabia, January 14 1998) 4 boys, 3 girls, Al-Anoud, Fahd, Salman, Sultan, Hind, Naif, Noura
     
21. Jusuf (Ethiopia, March 9 1969) 4 girls, 3 boys, 5 survive
     
22. McCaughey (Iowa, November 19 1997) 4 boys, 3 girls, Kenneth, Joel, Brandon, Nathan, Natalie, Alexis, Kelsey (1st surviving set in the world)
23. McGhee (Ohio, June 9 2010) 4 boys, 3 girls, 6 survive, Rozonno, Elijah, Isaac, Josiah, Olivia, Madison, unknown (stillborn)
24. Martinez (Nicaragua, May 3, 4 and 5 1936) 3 survive (spontaneous)
     
25. Navarra (Spain, August 14 1824) (spontaneous)
     
26. Ortega (Mexico, October 5 1993) 4 girls, 3 boys, unsure how many survive
     
27. Quesada (Spain, November 22 and 23 1885) (spontaneous)
     
28. Ribero (Spain, 1993) 5 boys, 2 girls
29. Riffault/Bourru (France, 1700's) (all apparently survived to be baptised, spontaneous)
30. Romer/Beyers (Germany, January 9 1600) 5 girls, 2 boys, none survived 
     
31. Santartia (Italy, October 23 1992) 4 girls, 3 boys, 5 survive, Dina, Paola, Laura, Giovanna, Francesco, Ricardo, Antonio
     
32. 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]
33. Thiemen (Czech Republic, 1800's?) (spontaneous)
34. Touile (Algeria, April 18 2007) 6 girls, 1 boy, 6 girls survive
     
35. Verhaege-Denayer (Belgium, March 23 1966) none survive (spontaneous)
     
36. Zapata/Smalls (New Jersey, January 30 2000) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survived (lost at 19 weeks)
     
37. unidentified (Italy, 1715 or 1716) 2 boys died (spontaneous)
38. unidentified (Portugal, March 12 1718) 7 boys, 2 survived (also had quadruplets in 1717, 2 survived, spontaneous)
39. unidentified (Germany, 1894) (spontaneous)
40. unidentified (Spain, April 1937) (spontaneous) [story wasn't verified, mother supposedly died giving birth, all babies died as well] 
41. unidentified (Brazil, July 1952) 4 girls, 3 boys (spontaneous)
42. unidentified (Malawi, 1961) all stillborn (mother was 35)
43. unidentified (Massachusetts, October 1 1961) 3 girls, 3 boys, none survive [may be Cwikielnik set]
44. unidentified (England, UK, February 1970)
45. unidentified (California, March 17 1972) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
46. unidentified (Pakistan, July 2 1985)
47. unidentified (India, June 4 1988)
48. unidentified (Italy, May 20 1989) none survive
49. unidentified (Spain, January 1990) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survive
50. unidentified (Saudi Arabia, September 1997) 1 survives
51. unidentified (India, September 20 2002) 7 boys
52. unidentified (India, April 4 2005) 4 girls, 3 boys, none survived (mother named Shirisha, already had 6 children, spontaneous)
53. unidentified (England) 4 girls, 3 boys
54. unidentified (Argentina, Aug 2007) 7 girls, Zahara, Acsa, Aixa, Sjael, Zalma, Nahir, Zael (no news on outcome)
55. unidentified (Pakistan, 2011) 5 boys, 2 girls, none survived

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 that did not survive)
    
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) [Also seen last name listed as Ruina]
    
9. Sepulveda/Lopez (Mexico, December 3 1967) 4 boys, 4 girls, none survive, all boys names started with Jose, girls with Josefina [I've seen the father's last name listed as Sepulveda Boone; birthdates as March 10, 1967] (spontaneous)
10. Sing (China, June 1934) 7 boys, 1 girl
11. Suleman (California, January 26 2009) 6 boys, 2 girls, Noah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Josiah, Jonah, Makai, Maliyah, Nariyah (also has fraternal twins Caleb & Calyssa)
     
12. Zerbini (Greece, July 9 1977) 5 girls, 3 boys, none survived (had quadruplets that didn't survive previously)
     
13. unidentified (Alaska, 1985) reduced to twins
14. unidentified (El Salvador, 1996)
15. unidentified (Mexico)
16. unidentified (Algeria) 6 girls, 2 unknown, 6 girls survive
17. unidentified (Algeria, August 24 2005) none survive
     

1. Broderick (Australia, June 13 1971) 5 boys, 4 girls, none survived, 2 boys stillborn, Richard (d at 6 days) [last name also seen as Brodrick]
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)
   
    

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