In Australia, 79-year-old Florence Welsh, Dorothy Murphy and Betsy Audino are thought to be the oldest living identical triplets.
The Kirchner triplets, Catherine, Marguerite, and Frances (born 23 August 1920 in Brooklyn, NY), believed to be the oldest identical living triplets in the United States.
In 2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (latest report as of October 2021) there were 4,248 multiple births representing 1.5% of all births (309,996) in Australia. This comprised 4,185 pairs of twins and 63 sets of triplets and higher order multiples.
Marigold Milliken, Iris Bull and Primose Page celebrate their 87th birthday today, April 16 and are understood to be the UK's oldest triplets, but it will be their first in many years they haven't been able to celebrate as a trio.
Over time, however, differences between the three men became apparent, and their relationships with others experienced difficulties. All three had struggled with mental health problems for years, and Galland died by suicide in 1995 following a diagnosis with “manic depressive disorder.”
They had the biology, but not the chemistry. In 1995, following hospitalization for manic depression, Eddy Galland committed suicide. According to Newsweek, he died never knowing he had been part of an experiment.
Least common are identical triplets, three fetuses from one egg. In this case, sometimes the original zygote divides into two and then one of those two zygotes divides again but the other does not, or the original zygote divides into three.
The inseparable sisters became known as the Houlihan triplets, a moniker that followed them even after they got married — Helen to John Smith, Barbara to Bill Dodd and Judy to Peter Beech. The three began their working life in the city working at the GPO on trunk lines training.
A Milwaukee couple conceived triplets naturally two times. When Tyana Stanton and Jarrell Covington found out there were expecting their first set of triplets, they had mixed emotions. "I was excited and nervous at the same time," said Jarrell Covington.
We think the heaviest triplets on record in the UK were born in 1914 to the McDermott family – the combined weight of the three babies was 24lb – each baby averaging 8lbs. However Twinsclubber Rachel Ellis certainly earns a mention – her triplets weighed 6lbs 8 ozs, 6lbs 12ozs and 3lbs 8 ozs..
The longest interval between births of triplets is 17 days 18 hours 55 minutes and was achieved during the births of Lorne (USA, b. 20 September 2004), Isaac and Sullivan McBurney (both USA, b. 8 October 2004) who were born to Kara McBurney and Scott McBurney in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA.
Arcelia Garcia, aged 54, from Sunnyside, Washington State, USA, gave birth to three girls (Arianna, 3lb 7oz; Brianna 5lb 12.5oz; and Cecilia 5lb 1.5oz) by Ceasarian section on 8 Jan 2000, at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Can triplets have three different fathers? Yes, it is possible. Because superfecundation happens from different sexual encounters, it's possible that a woman is pregnant with triplets or twins with different fathers. The number of babies depends on the number of ova released by the woman in that one cycle.
Valentina Vassilyeva and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.
It is possible to have triplets where two of the babies are identical twins (and may share one placenta, and even one sac) and the third baby is non-identical (with completely separate placenta and sac). This is very rare.
Jack and Isla O'Kane could be the biggest naturally born twins in the country weighing in at 4.245kg and 3.2kg respectively.
The Sturniolo Triplets are an American comedy group of siblings that consists of (oldest to youngest) Nicolas Sturniolo, Matthew Sturniolo, and Christopher Sturniolo (born: August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) [age 19]).
Pharrell's Triplets
"Pharrell, Helen and [their son] Rocket Williams have welcomed triplets.
15.6. 15.7. Supertriplets are triplets that span two or more beats. It is useful to think about the. underlying compound division of the beat even in simple meter.
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They were five boys and four girls; two of the boys were stillborn and the last of the surviving babies, a boy named Richard, died six days after the birth.
Sisters Cate, Eve and Mary, who are identical triplets, are married to the same man. Their husband Stevo is a Kenyan man. He claimed that he was polygamous by birth and is happy with his three wives. The sister wives and Stevo maintain a strict timetable to ensure every wife gets enough time with the husband.
Siblings, Lisa Cash, Christy Cawley and Chelsea Cawley, aged 18 and 8 respectively, from Tallaght, South County Dublin were killed in their home, in the early hours of 4 September 2022. Their 14-year-old brother raised the alarm by jumping out of the window.
Giving birth to identical triplets is incredibly uncommon simply because the egg has to split three ways to produce a trio of tiny lookalikes. Just how uncommon, however, is up for debate. Depending on who you ask, the odds of having identical triplets vary from one in 60,000 to one in 200 million.
Trizygotic or fraternal triplets are formed when 3 separate eggs are fertilized by 3 separate sperm. The babies can be the same or opposite genders. This means that it's possible to have anyone of the following combinations of babies: 3 girls, 3 boys, 1 girl and 2 boys, or 2 girls and 1 boy.