Rosenkowitz sextuplets
{{Short description|First known sextuplets to survive infancy}}
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The Rosenkowitz Sextuplets (born 11 January 1974 in South Africa) were the first known set of sextuplets to survive infancy.
Biography
Born to Susan Wilson at Mowbray Maternity Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa,{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/12/archives/sextuplets-born-in-capetown-survival-chances-called-good.html?sq=Rosenkowitz&scp=2&st=cse | title=Sextuplets Born in Capetown {{sic|nolink=y}}; Survival Chances Called Good | newspaper=The New York Times | date=12 January 1974 | access-date=21 September 2009}}("Sextuplets have been born to a number of women who have taken (hormone fertility) drugs, and the largest number known to have survived are five of the six babies born in 1973 to Mrs. Edna Stanek of Denver."){{cite news | url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/2004/01/10/Editoria/chiel.html | title=The Six are 30 | newspaper=Daily Dispatch | date=10 January 2004 | access-date=21 September 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515171207/http://www.dispatch.co.za/2004/01/10/editoria/chiel.html | archive-date=15 May 2009 }} the sextuplets are:
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| Baby Order | Time of Birth | Birth Weight | Name |
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| A | 8:02:00 a.m. | {{Convert|4|lb|5|oz|kg|abbr=on}} | David Peter |
| B | 8:02:30 a.m. | {{Convert|4|lb|1|oz|kg|abbr=on}} | Grant Vincent |
| C | 8:03:00 a.m. | 4 lb 9 oz (2.07 kg) | Jason Solomon |
| D | 8:03:30 a.m. | {{Convert|4|lb|1|oz|kg|abbr=on}} | Emma Louise |
| E | 8:04:00 a.m. | {{Convert|2|lb|9|oz|kg|abbr=on}} | Nicolette Anne |
| F | 8:04:30 a.m. | {{Convert|4|lb|3|oz|kg|abbr=on}} | Elizabeth Rebecca |
The births quickly drew international attention as the first known set of sextuplets to survive infancy.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/14/archives/capetown-sextuplets-show-progress-against-jaundice.html?sq=Rosenkowitz&scp=1&st=cse | title=Capetown {{sic|nolink=y}} Sextuplets Show Progress Against Jaundice | newspaper=The New York Times | date=14 January 1974 | access-date=21 September 2009}} Born about four weeks early, their total birthweight was {{convert|24|lb|4|oz|kg|abbr=on}}, with the individual birthweights ranging from 2 lb 12oz (Nicolette) to 4 lb 9oz (Jason)
Mother Susan Wilson is a native Briton who emigrated to South Africa in 1967. The record shows that the father Colin divorced Susan in 1989.{{cite news |date= 16 October 2013 |orig-year= 11 Jan 2004, amended by the father Colin Rosenkowitz who lives in Cape Town | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427114450/http://www.suntimes.co.za/2004/01/11/news/news04.asp | archive-date=27 April 2006 | url=http://www.suntimes.co.za/2004/01/11/news/news04.asp |title=You've come a long way, babies | work=Sunday Times|location=South Africa |access-date= 22 September 2009}}
As of 2013 the Rosenkowitz children lived in various locations around the world. David in Australia, Nicolette Cape Town (SA) and London (UK), Grant and Samantha in Cape Town (SA), Jason in Ireland, Emma in London (UK), and Elizabeth in Kent (UK).{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
See also
- Dionne quintuplets: Born in 1934, the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy.
- List of multiple births
References
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External links
- [http://www.quintland.com/rosenkowitz/ The Rosenkowitz Sextuplets at Quintland.com] (with pictures)
- [http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article81370.ece Rosenkowitz six just want their privacy, at Timeslive.co.za]
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Category:People from Cape Town
Category:White South African people
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