On January 10, 1974, Sue Rosenkowitz gave birth to six twins in Cape Town, and for the first time all of the newborns survived.

But this, as they say, is not the limit. A greater number of twins have been born and are being born in the world. What is the largest number of children born at the same time?

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In October 2008, 31-year-old Digna Carpio from New York gave birth to six twins - four boys and two girls. The weight of babies at birth ranged from 0.68 to 0.9 kilograms. The happy mother and her husband, 36-year-old Victor, already had a seven-year-old son at that time.

The birth of six twins is an extremely rare occurrence, occurring in one in 4.4 million people. Only once before in New York were born six babies at once. It happened in 1997.

In October 2010, in the Italian city of Benevento, near Naples, 30-year-old Carmela Oliva had six children - four girls and two boys. In Italy, this was the first such case in the last 14 years.

To help the babies be born, doctors were forced to resort to a caesarean section. Children were born with low weight - from 600 to 800 grams. According to doctors, this phenomenon is not associated with artificial insemination, but with the treatment that the mother underwent - the fact is that Italian laws prohibit transplanting more than three embryos.

Setuples

Bobbie McCaughey (USA) gave birth to 7 children on November 19, 1997. They weighed between 1048 and 1474 grams and were born at 31 weeks pregnant within 16 minutes by caesarean section.

7 twins were born 8 weeks prematurely - on January 14, 1998 - to 40-year-old Hasna Mohammed Humair (Saudi Arabia). Among them, 4 boys and 3 girls, the smallest weighed 907 grams.

In August 2008, in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, the 27-year-old wife of a local farmer, Ghazalu Khamis, gave birth to seven twins at once! As it turned out, the Egyptian dreamed of giving her husband a son and was taking pregnancy-stimulating drugs. The result is four sons and three daughters.

Ghazala Khamis was placed under observation two months before the birth: the development of twins in the womb did not cause concern - the doctors were only worried about the increasing pressure on the kidneys. After a caesarean section, the woman in labor also underwent a blood transfusion. But all the crumbs were born healthy and quite large - from 1.4 to 2.8 kg, which in itself is a mystery of nature.

Eights

On January 26, 2009, 33-year-old Nadi Suleman gave birth to eight twins, all of whom were healthy.

The mother of the newborn eight then lived with her other children and parents in the suburbs of Los Angeles - in the small town of Whittier. The family already grew up six kids aged two to seven years, among whom there is a pair of twins.

The children's grandmother left her job and devoted herself entirely to her daughter's family. And grandfather, to help Nadia, went to Iraq to work under a contract. Nadia herself claimed that she decided to take this step because of her own childhood, in which she missed her brothers and sisters so much. In addition, the eccentric American said that she was following the example of her idol, the large Angelina Jolie. A few years ago, Suleman even had plastic surgery to look like an actress.

Eight was conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Doctors in such cases insist on the reduction (removal) of a part of the embryos. After all, such a number of them can adversely affect both the health of the mother and the health of future children.

But the Californian, with the support of her large family, refused to reduce. A single mother divorced her husband a long time ago precisely because they could not have children together.

The delivery by caesarean section was nine weeks ahead of schedule. A team of 46 doctors who took birth was expecting the birth of seven babies, which, although not often, does happen. However, there were eight newborns - six boys and two girls - and they are all quite healthy. The weight of babies is from 700 g to 1.9 kg. Seven of them immediately breathed on their own and were bottle fed. The whole family was discharged from the maternity hospital home in just a week.

From 10 and more

There is information about the birth of ten twins at once. Such cases were recorded in Spain in 1924, in China in 1936 and in Brazil in 1946. But this is not the limit.

Eleven children at once - this is the largest number of twins, information about which is known. The first birth of 11 twins occurred on May 29, 1971 in the USA, in the city of Philadelphia. The second - in 1977 in Bangladesh, in the city of Bagarhat. In both cases, none of the children, unfortunately, survived.

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The largest number of children born to one mother

The largest number of children born to one mother, according to official figures, is 69. According to reports made in 1782, between 1725 and 1765. The wife of a Russian peasant Fyodor Vasiliev gave birth 27 times, giving birth to twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and 4 twins 4 times. Of these, only 2 children died in infancy.

Of our contemporaries, the most prolific mother is Leontina Albina of San Antonio, Chile, who gave birth to 55 children between 1943-81. As a result of the first 5 pregnancies, she gave birth to triplets, and exclusively male.

The woman who gave birth the most times

The record 38 births are said to have been given to Elizabeth Greenhill of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK. She had 39 children - 32 daughters and 7 sons - and died in 1681.

The largest father

The largest father in history is the Russian peasant of the village of Vvedensky Yakov Kirillov, who in 1755 was presented to the court in connection with this (he was then 60 years old). The first wife of a peasant gave birth to 57 children: 4 times four, 7 times three, 9 times two, and 2 times one. The second wife gave birth to 15 children. Thus, Yakov Kirillov had 72 children from two wives.

Guinness Book of Records

Motherhood

Most children

The largest number of children born to one mother, according to official data, is 69. According to reports made in 1782, between 1725 and 1765. The wife of a Russian peasant Fyodor Vasiliev gave birth 27 times, giving birth to twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and 4 twins 4 times. Of these, only 2 children died in infancy.

Of our contemporaries, Leontina Albina (or Alvina) from San Antonio, Chile, who in 1943-81 is considered the most prolific mother. gave birth to 55 children. As a result of the first 5 pregnancies, she gave birth to triplets, and exclusively male.

A record 38 births are said to have been given to Elizabeth Greenhill of Abbots Langley, c. Hertfordshire, UK. She had 39 children - 32 daughters and 7 sons - and died in 1681.

At the age of 63, on July 18, 1994, Rosanna Dalla Corta from Viterbo, Italy, gave birth to a boy; before that, she had undergone treatment for infertility. Arceli Keh, 63, also gave birth in 1996, according to the University of Southern California.

128 days prematurely, Brenda Gill's son, James Gill, was born on May 20, 1987 in Ottawa, Ontario Ave., Canada. was 624

The longest intervals between birth actag in multiple pregnancies

Peggy Lynn from Huntington, pc. Pennsylvania! United States, gave birth to a girl, Hanna, on November 11, 1995, and the second of the twins, Erica, was only 84 days old (February 2, 1996).

The longest separation of two twins

Iris Jones and Aro Campbell (b. 1914) met after a 75-year separation.

Multiple births

Siamese twins

United twins began to be called “Siamese” after Chang and Eng Bunkers were born fused in the sternum on May 11, 1811 in the Meklong area in Siam (Thailand). They married Sarah and Adelaide Yates of pc. North Carolina, USA, and had 10 and 12 children, respectively. They died in 1874, and with a difference of 3 hours.

The most extreme form of this phenomenon is a human being with two heads, four arms and two legs. (dicephales tetrabrachius dipus). The only recorded case of this kind is Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapov, who were born in January 1950. in USSR.

The first successful operation to separate Siamese twins was performed on December 14, 1952 at Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, pc. Ohio, USA, Dr. Jacques S. Geller.

The largest number of multiple births in one family

Maddalena Pomegranate from Italy (b. 1839) had triplets born 15 times.

There is also information about the birth on May 29, 1971 in Philadelphia, pc. Pennsylvania, USA, and in May 1977 in Bagarhat, Bangladesh, 11 twins. In both cases, no child survived.

Oldest person (documented)

In Arles, France, in August 1997, 122-year-old Jeanne Louise Calmat, born February 21, 1875, died. To date, the oldest person is Marie Louise Febron-Meyler, Quebec Ave, Canada, who is 116 years old.

The oldest twin

February 14, 1803 in Effington, pc. Virginia, USA, Eli Shadrak Phipps and John Meshak Phipps were born. Eli was the first to die at the age of 108. It was February 23, 1911.

The oldest triplets

Faith, Hope and Charity Cardwell were born in Elm Mott, pc. Texas, USA, May 18, 1899. Faith was the first to die on October 2, 1994 at the age of 95.

The oldest quadruple

Adolf, Anna-Maria, Emma and Elisabeth Ottmann were born on May 5, 1912. in Munich, Germany. Adolf was the first to die on March 17, 1992, at the age of 79.

Most offspring

In countries where polygamy is legal, a person can have an uncountable number of children. It is said that the Sultan of Morocco Moulay Ismail (1672-1727) by 1703 had 525 sons and 342 daughters, and in 1721, when he was 49 years old, he became the father of the 700th son.

On the day he passed away at the age of 96 in October 1992, Samuel S. Maeth of Freiberg, NY. Pennsylvania, USA, had a total of 824 living descendants: 11 children, 97 grandchildren, 634 great-grandchildren, and 82 great-great-grandchildren.

Descendants spanning the largest number of generations

Augusta Bunge from pcs. Wisconsin, USA Became a great-great-great-great-grandmother on January 21, 1989 at the age of 110 when her great-great-great-granddaughter had a son, Christopher John Bollig.

Most living ancestors

At the time of her birth in 1982, Megan Sue Austin, Bar Harbor, pc. Maine, USA, had 19 direct ascendants, which included a full set of grandparents, great-grandparents, and 5 great-great-grandparents relatives.

Most fertile pregnancies

Dr. Gennaro Montanino, Rome, Italy, claims to have removed, in July 1971, the embryos of 10 girls and 5 boys from the uterus of a 35-year-old woman who was 4 months pregnant. This unique case of 15-fertility was the result of infertility pills.

9 children - the largest number in one pregnancy - were born on June 13, 1971 by Geraldine Broadrick in Sydney, Australia. 5 boys and 4 girls were born: 2 boys were stillborn, and none of the rest survived more than 6 days.

The birth of 10 twins (2 boys and 8 girls) is known from reports from Spain (1924), China (1936) and Brazil (April 1946).

infectious diseases

"Ancient" diseases

Already in 1350 BC. in ancient Egypt, cases of leprosy were described.

Egyptian mummies dating back to the 20th Dynasty (1250-1000 BC) have been found to have traces of an infectious liver and kidney disease such as (Tuberculosis Schistosomiasis).

In the biblical Old Testament, and are mentioned.

The “newest” disease

Recently, an infectious disease has been discovered, which is a new type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, leading to dementia. In all likelihood, the disease is caused by a tiny fragment of a protein called a prion. It is transmitted to humans from infected bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE) in cattle.

Most widespread disease

The most widespread infectious disease is a disease of the upper respiratory tract. There are at least 40 different viruses (transmitted either through the air or through direct contact) that cause symptoms such as sneezing, sore throat, watery eyes, runny nose, headache, mild fever.

The rarest disease

The rarest disease now is smallpox. In May 1978, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not report a single case of smallpox in the past 6 months. The last fatal case of smallpox occurred in August 1978. A photographer working in a laboratory at the University of Birmingham, UK, became infected from a sample stored for research purposes.

The most dangerous diseases

A mortality rate of over 50% is seen in Lassa fever, an epidemic disease caused by a rare West African virus. Very high mortality was also noted in cercopithecine hemorrhagic fever (Marburg virus disease) and Ebola fever.

Since 1900, cholera has claimed an estimated 20 million lives in India. During outbreaks, if left untreated, the mortality rate can be as high as 50%.

Less common is yellow fever, a viral disease carried by mosquitoes. According to available reports, 10-90% of the sick people die from it.

The most dangerous malaria infection

Multiple pregnancy is a phenomenon that has been thoroughly studied and described by modern medicine. Doctors pay special attention to women who are carrying twins or triplets, but they do not experience any surprise. Meanwhile, science knows cases of the simultaneous birth of four, five babies and even more. What is the largest number of children born by one woman in one birth and in a lifetime?

Mothers who became large families on the same day

According to worldwide statistics, one in 700 pregnancies in the world is quadrilateral. Carrying and giving birth to four babies at the same time is a serious test for the female body. Expectant mothers, expecting such an impressive replenishment, are observed by doctors with special attention. But even today, not all quadruplets survive and reach adulthood. One of the most famous foursomes is the Durst sisters: Callie, Sarah, Kendra and Megan. These girls are not just quadruplets, but completely identical twins. In addition, today they are real stars thanks to their own reality show. In fact, quartets are born all over the world not so rarely, but the appearance of four identical twins is a real sensation. In 2000, there were only 15 such quadruplets around the world. Curiously, most often twins in quartets are girls. The Guinness Book of Records not only notes the largest number of children born to one woman, but there is also a record of the oldest mother of quadruplets. California resident Mary Fudel gave birth to four babies at the age of 55. Unfortunately, the history of this family sad enough: one baby died, two were given up for adoption, and only one of the four is raised by his own mother.

Is it possible to have five children at the same time?

Known to science and cases of the simultaneous birth of five children as a result of pregnancies that occurred naturally. In 1934, five girls were born in Canada. All the twins grew up and reached adulthood, invariably remaining a landmark for their hometown. True, the sisters often said that such fame did not bring them happiness. In 2013, in Salt Lake City, a young mother gave birth to three girls and two boys at the same time. This is not the largest number of children born at the same time, but the fact that the pregnancy also occurred naturally is interesting. In 2016, in Odessa, Oksana Kobeletskaya, at the age of 37, became the mother of five babies at the same time. This mother of many children throughout her pregnancy, the doctors promised the birth of triplets.

Known cases of six and seven babies being born at the same time

To give birth to six children at the same time - is this possible with natural conception? It's hard to believe, but the human body is much more resilient than we used to think. Today, 14 gears live in the world. Many of these children were born as a result of natural conception. For the first time, the public learned about absolutely healthy six babies born by one mother at the same time in 1974.

Each family necessarily has its own largest number of children born at the same time. We used to be proud of relatives who gave birth to 2-4 children at the same time. But in the McCoy family, living in Iowa, in 1997, 7 babies were born at the same time. All children survived and are developing, but two of them have serious illnesses. Several more cases of semester birth are known. Such children appeared in 1998 with Khashi Mohammed Humair from Saudi Arabia. A similar case was recorded in Egypt, where Ghazali Ibrahim Omar, at the age of 27, also became the mother of seven babies at once. The woman claims that the pregnancy is natural, and she did not resort to artificial insemination.

Absolute records of motherhood

The first known case of the birth of eight babies at the same time was recorded in 1998. Nkem Chukwu, who lives in Texas, became happy. This case is unique in that the first baby was born and the remaining seven children were born only on the 20th of the same month. One of the eight babies died almost immediately after birth, and the rest reached adulthood. For many years, it was believed that 8 is the largest number of children born by one woman in one birth. In 2009, the most famous octuplets in the world were born. Their mother - Nadia Suliman - actively covers her unusual pregnancy and the process of raising babies in the media. To date, this case is the only one where all newborns survived. And yet, what is the largest number of children a woman gave birth to at one time? With this achievement in the field of motherhood, Maria Fernandez from India got into the Guinness Book of Records. At the age of 42, the woman gave birth to 11 boys. Natural childbirth took only 37 minutes, all babies are absolutely healthy.

How many children did the mother of many children have?

The largest number of children born by one woman during her life is 69. This record was set by a Russian woman, the wife of a peasant Fyodor Vasiliev in the 18th century. Between 1725 and 1765, the mother-heroine gave birth to twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and quadruplets 4 times. Only two out of 69 babies died in infancy, all the rest grew and developed normally. The record set in the 18th year by the peasant woman Vasilyeva has not yet been broken. But there are other interesting examples in modern history. For example, in Chile at the end of the 20th century, Leontina Apbina gave birth to only 55 children.

Unique cases related to pregnancy and childbirth

Not all records in the category of multiple pregnancies end with stories of happy families with many children. In 1917, a case was recorded in Rome fifteen-fetal pregnancy. According to doctors, this phenomenon is a consequence of long-term treatment of female infertility. However, the record pregnancy was aborted. Recorded in world medical statistics and cases of simultaneous bearing of 9, 10 and even 11 children by one woman. In such situations, stillbirth is common and is high in the first days after delivery. To date, the largest number of children born by one woman in one pregnancy is 11. The Guinness Book of Records in this category includes the birth of Maria Fernandez, during which completely healthy and viable boys were born.

On July 18, 1994, 63-year-old Italian Rosanna Dalla Corta made a sensation in world medicine by giving birth to a boy after a course of infertility treatment. We decided to recall the most unusual childbearing records.

The youngest mother

The youngest mother in the world was Lina Medina in 1939 in Peru. At the age of 5 years and 7 months, this girl gave birth to a 3-kilogram baby. Lina's parents noticed a strange bloating in the girl when she was already 7 months old. At first, the doctors stated the tumor, but then admitted that the girl was pregnant. Lina's pregnancy proceeded absolutely normally, as a result, the baby was born quite healthy. Lina did not dare to name the cause of pregnancy and the real father, even after several decades. The earliest born child lived until the age of 40, and then died of a bone marrow disease.

First pregnant man

On June 29, 2008, the world was shocked by the news that the first pregnant man had successfully delivered a baby. This was done by 34-year-old American Thomas Beaty, who gave birth to a healthy girl. The fact is that 15 years ago, Thomas decided on a sex change operation. His mammary glands were removed, but the female reproductive system was left inside the body. The child was born through artificial insemination. During childbirth, the man had to do a caesarean section, although Beaty himself claims that the birth occurred naturally. From the hospital, his wife Nancy met him, who claimed that the family would be absolutely traditional: Beaty would play the paternal role, and she would play the maternal one.

The heaviest baby in the world

In 1955, the world's heaviest baby was born to a woman named Carmelina Fedele in Aversa, Italy. His weight was 10.2 kilograms. The child was born healthy, it was a boy. Before this incident, no one in the world has ever given birth to a 10-kilogram baby. In 2009, a baby weighing almost 9 kg was born in Indonesia, and in 1992 a baby weighing 7 kg was born in the UK. For comparison, the smallest surviving baby in history weighed 281 grams.

The largest number of children born to a woman in her entire life

The wife of a Russian peasant, Fyodor Vasiliev, gave birth and raised 69 children. In just 40 years, she managed to give birth 27 times: 16 times twins, 7 times triplets and 4 times 4 twins. Only two Vasiliev children died in infancy.

The largest number of multiple births in one woman

Maddalena Granata from Italy, born in 1839, gave birth 15 times in her life - and all 15 times she gave birth to triplets. The most multiple pregnancy in history occurred in Kursk: there a woman gave birth to 10 children at a time. No one has yet been able to repeat the record - and the woman herself, of course, prefers not to try.

The largest number of children born to one mother, according to official data, is 69. According to reports made in 1782, between 1725 and 1765. wife of a Russian peasant Fyodor Vasiliev gave birth 27 times, thus producing 16 times twins, 7 times triplets and 4 times 4 twins. Of these, only 2 children died in infancy.

Of our contemporaries, Leontina Albina (or Alvina) from San Antonio, Chile, who in 1943-81 is considered the most prolific mother. gave birth to 55 children. As a result of the first 5 pregnancies, she gave birth to triplets, and exclusively male.

Giving birth the most times

Record number of times - 38 - gave birth, is said to be Elizabeth Greenhill of Abbots Langley, c. Hertfordshire, UK. She had 39 children - 32 daughters and 7 sons - and died in 1681.

The largest number of multiple births in one family

Maddalena Pomegranate from Italy (b. 1839) had triplets born 15 times.

There is also information about the birth on May 29, 1971 in Philadelphia, pc. Pennsylvania, USA, and in May 1977 in Bagarhat, Bangladesh, 11 twins. In both cases, no child survived.

Most fertile pregnancies

Dr. Gennaro Montanino, Rome, Italy, claims to have removed, in July 1971, the embryos of 10 girls and 5 boys from the uterus of a 35-year-old woman who was 4 months pregnant. This unique case of 15-fertility was the result of infertility pills.

9 children - the largest number in one pregnancy - were born on June 13, 1971 by Geraldine Broadrick in Sydney, Australia. 5 boys and 4 girls were born: 2 boys were stillborn, and none of the rest survived more than 6 days.

The birth of 10 twins (2 boys and 8 girls) is known from reports from Spain (1924), China (1936) and Brazil (April 1946).

Most surviving twins

In January 2009, an American woman whose weight ranged from 800 gr. up to 1.4 kg. Six boys and two girls were born at 31 weeks pregnant. By this time, the mother already had six children and she had never been married.

All of the children survived, and the mother, who was dubbed "octomam" by the media, made her record a source of income by starring in various television programs and shows.

The largest father

The largest father in the history of our country is the peasant of the village of Vvedensky Yakov Kirillov, who in 1755 was presented to the court in connection with this (he was then 60 years old). First wife of a peasant gave birth to 57 children: 4 times four, 7 times three, 9 times two and 2 times one. The second wife gave birth to 15 children. Thus, Yakov Kirillov had 72 children from two wives.

The richest grandfather

The richest grandfather is called a resident of Novokuznetsk. And he has 13 children: eleven sons and two daughters.