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The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation:; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. [1] The Dionne girls were born premature.
The Dionne quintuplets (born 28 May 1934, near Corbeil, Ontario, Canada) were the first quintuplets known to survive infancy. The five girls (Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie and Marie) were also the only set of identical quintuplets known to live into adulthood. [31]
The first quintuplets known to survive infancy were the identical female Canadian Dionne quintuplets, born in 1934. Quintuplets are sometimes referred to as "quins" in the UK [20] and "quints" in North America. [21] A famous set of all-girl quintuplets are the Busby quints from the TV series OutDaughtered.
The Meyers weren't having twins — they were having quintuplets, two boys and three girls. Suddenly, "We can handle this" turned to sheer panic. “I was in complete shock,” Meyers says.
Mississippi couple Haylee and Shawn Ladner welcomed rare quintuplets with identical quadruplets at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The surviving Dionne quintuplets (Yvonne Dionne, Annette Allard, and Cecile Langlois) wrote an open letter warning the parents to keep the septuplets out of the public eye and not allow them to fall into the same pitfalls as their parents did, but they congratulated Bobbi and Kenny and wished them the best of luck in raising the children. [14]
The Meyers quintuplets come just over a year and a half after another set of quintuplets was born at UMMC. In early 2023, Purvis residents Haylee and Shawn Ladner welcomed four girls and one boy.
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, OBE (29 May 1883 – 2 June 1943) was a Canadian obstetrician, best known for delivering and caring for the Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to survive early infancy. [1]