<P> The 25 children that feature in the programme were born to 22 families between September 1999 and February 2000 . They were chosen in order to represent a wide range of genetic, social, geographical and ethnic backgrounds . They are: </P> <Ul> <Li> Alex and Ivo: Identical twins Alex and Ivo Lloyd - Young were born eleven weeks early to parents Berenice Lloyd and Alastair Young . They live in Glasgow . </Li> <Li> Calvin: Born ten weeks early to parents Helen Kirkham and Andy Pearson, Calvin has an older sister, Lauren . Helen and Andy have now split up . </Li> <Li> Charlie: Charlie's mother Toni was sixteen when she fell pregnant with her daughter Charlie . Toni's mother and grandmother also had babies early . Toni split up with Charlie's father before Charlie was born and fell in love with electrician Rob Plaster . Rob treats Charlie like his own daughter and he and Toni have had two more children Kayla and Alex . They have separated since . Toni works as a nurse . </Li> <Li> Charlotte: Charlotte Langeveld was born as a result of IVF treatment to parents Richard and Jacqui . She had a twin brother, Alexander, who was stillborn . Her parents married three months after the birth of Charlotte's sister Jasmine, but have now divorced . They try to remain amicable for the sake of their daughters . </Li> <Li> Charlotte: Charlotte Goldsmith was born in Essex . She has one older brother and her parents Emma and Paul separated six months after her birth . </Li> <Li> Ethan: Before Ethan's birth his mother Kerri lost two female babies; one was miscarried and one was still born . She also lost Ethan's twin through miscarriage in the third month of pregnancy . Ethan loves playing computer games but struggles at school and has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Asperger syndrome . Ethan had a problem with his speech which affected his ability to make friends in school, but it resolved itself soon after . Ethan and his family live in Northern Ireland . </Li> <Li> Eve: Eve's parents, Tim and Caroline Scarborough, are Evangelical Christians who tried for years to conceive a baby through IVF but were unsuccessful . Eve was unplanned and conceived naturally . Her parents were delighted but Caroline suffered post-natal depression . Eve has a younger sister, Holly, born in 2005 . It was announced at the end of the episode The Age of Stress that Caroline, Eve's mother, had died from cancer in 2008 . Tim is now remarried, and Eve has two stepsisters . In the 2017 series Eve and her father describe how she came out as a lesbian aged 14 . </Li> <Li> Helena: Born at just twenty - five weeks, Helena is the sole survivor of triplets . Because of her premature birth her doctors believed she would have major respiratory and developmental problems . Helena did not crawl until eighteen months and did not speak her first word until two years . However Helena learned to walk, talk, run and join in with everything and became advanced intellectually . She is now happy, confident loving older sister to Bella . Helena's parents decided to separate after 13 years of marriage . </Li> <Li> Het: Born to parents Vijay and Tejal in a close - knit, extended family, Het talks in both English and her first language of Gujarati . In 2005 Het's mother became pregnant and had a baby in October . Before this her parents were considering sending her to an Indian boarding school, but for now have considered otherwise . </Li> <Li> James: James' mother Carol comes from a very deprived background and suffers from a mild learning difficulty . She split up from the father of her elder child Bernie and James's father . James has asthma and was kidnapped at age five by Carol's ex-boyfriend, Ian . </Li> <Li> Jamie: After suffering post-natal depression with her two eldest children, Sharon Craven was sterilised; it did not work and she became pregnant with Jamie, who was slow to learn to talk and speak . Doctors diagnosed a hearing problem so had grommets put in his ears, after which he blossomed . Jamie was diagnosed with diabetes aged just four years old . His condition needs constant monitoring and frequent injections . </Li> <Li> Mabel, Alice and Phoebe: Non-identical triplets Mabel, Alice and Phoebe have three elder siblings . Their parents Nigel and Tracey Baller claim to be calm and easygoing with all the children . The triplets have developed different temperaments; Mabel is a tomboy, Alice is dominant and Phoebe is quiet and mischievous . </Li> <Li> Matthew (known as Matt in 2017 series): The younger brother of Robert and the second son of Kathryn and Graham Singleton, Matthew is sweet, slightly shy and anxious . </Li> <Li> Megan: Megan is the daughter of Rhodri, a Welsh farmer, and Gaynor Davies . She has one older brother and sister . </Li> <Li> Nathan: A cheery, enthusiastic boy who is being brought up by parents Ruth and Richard Price . Nathan was a big baby and is being brought up by his parents with strong values . The family spent several years living a self - sufficient, organic lifestyle in the countryside, but eventually moved to be closer to the school Nathan is in . </Li> <Li> Parys: Alison Lapper is the single mother of Parys . She is disabled, born with no arms and very short legs . While pregnant with Parys, she had casts made of her body to create a giant marble statue of her . Artist Marc Quinn created this statue, which was placed on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in 2005 . Alison is an artist who has also written an autobiography entitled' My Life in My Hands .' Parys was born by caesarean section and did not sleep well as a baby . He has had a lot of carers helping Alison take care of him over the years and has a strong bond with his mother . </Li> <Li> Rebecca: A very small child whose parents Mark and Gill Saunders are Jewish . Rebecca has an older brother . </Li> <Li> Rhianna: The only child of Tanya Knights and Andy Lees, Rhianna is fascinated by nature and history . Although Rhianna was a happy baby and easy to care for, she grew into a very anxious little girl; so much so that her parents took her to see a child psychiatrist . There was tension in Tanya and Andy's marriage and they displayed very different parenting styles; Rhianna was picking up on all this . Nothing seriously wrong was found with her and Tanya and Andy are trying to work through their problems . However, it was mentioned in the 2017 series that Tanya and Andy had separated . </Li> <Li> Rubin: Rubin was born at thirty seven weeks and rushed to intensive care . He had to be hospitalised again at two months old as he contracted pneumonia . Rubin is the third of four boys; mother Debbie Bayfield was single for a while but married the father of her fourth son . In 2008, he gained a place at the Choral school in Westminster . </Li> <Li> Taliesin: Taliesin is the second child and first son of Olivia and Robin Stevenson who split up before his birth but got back together again . Olivia became a teenage mother with Taliesin's sister, Emily, and left education behind at an early age after being bullied . She hopes her children will be happier than her at school . </Li> <Li> Tyrese: The third child and only son of Marie and Jamal Hakeem, Tyrese is determined and outgoing, like his mother . Marie suffers from dyslexia and wants Tyrese to learn about race and racism . Marie is concerned that Tyrese will fall into trouble; she believes that black boys find it much harder to be successful in life and so is determined he does not fall into the stereotype . She split up with Jamal when Tyrese was three . He lives in north Birmingham . </Li> <Li> William (known as Will in 2017 series): Keen on sport and outperforming, as well as harassing his older brother, William was born by caesarean and lives in a small town in Yorkshire . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Alex and Ivo: Identical twins Alex and Ivo Lloyd - Young were born eleven weeks early to parents Berenice Lloyd and Alastair Young . They live in Glasgow . </Li> <Li> Calvin: Born ten weeks early to parents Helen Kirkham and Andy Pearson, Calvin has an older sister, Lauren . Helen and Andy have now split up . </Li>

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