<Li> The Walton sextuplets (born on November 18, 1983, in Liverpool) were the first sextuplets born in the United Kingdom known to survive their infancy, and the world's first all - female sextuplets . They were delivered by Cesarian section at 31 and a half weeks . </Li> <Li> The Dilley sextuplets (born on May 25, 1993, in Indianapolis) were the first surviving set of sextuplets in the United States . They are two girls (Brenna Rose and Claire Diane) and four boys (Julian Emerson, Quinn Everett, Ian Michael, and Adrian Reed). </Li> <Li> The Boniello sextuplets (born March 24, 1997, in Stony Brook, New York) set a record for the longest gestation of a sextuplet pregnancy in the United States at 29 weeks and one day . They have a younger sister Nadia . This record was broken almost two months later by the Thompson sextuplets . </Li> <Li> The Thompson sextuplets (born May 8, 1997, in Washington, D.C.) were born to Jacqueline and Linden Thompson . Mrs. Thompson set a record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy in the United States at 29 weeks and six days . One girl was stillborn; the five survivors are four girls (Octavia Daniela, Stella Kimberly, Ann Marie Amanda, and Emily Elizabeth) and one boy (Richard Linden). They are the first African - American sextuplets . They each weighed between 2 lbs 2oz and 2 lbs 6oz . </Li>

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