<P> Quintuplets occur naturally in 1 in 55,000,000 births . The first quintuplets known to survive infancy were the all - female Canadian Dionne Quintuplets, born in 1934 . Quintuplets are sometimes referred to as "quins" in the UK and "quints" in North America . </P> <P> Born in Liverpool, England on 18 November 1983, the Walton sextuplets were the world's first all - female surviving sextuplets, and the world's fourth known set of surviving sextuplets . Another well - known set of sextuplets is the Gosselin sextuplets, born May 10, 2004 in Hershey, Pennsylvania . Reality television shows called Jon & Kate Plus 8 and later Kate Plus 8 have chronicled the lives of these sextuplets . </P> <P> In 1997, the McCaughey septuplets were born in Carlisle, Iowa . Multiple births of as many as eight babies have been born alive, the first set on record to the Chukwu family in Texas in 1998; one died and seven survived . In 2009, a second set, the Suleman octuplets, were born in Bellflower, California . The most recent report that all were still alive shortly before their fifth birthday . </P> <P> There have been a few sets of nonuplets (nine) in which a few babies were born alive, though none lived longer than a few days . There have been cases of human pregnancies that started out with ten, eleven, twelve or fifteen fetuses, but no instances of live births . The pregnancies of the 10, 11 and 15 fetuses have all resulted from fertility medications and assisted reproductive technology (ART). However, there has been one documented case when 12 fetuses were conceived naturally . </P>

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