Talk:List of multiple births

Tucci quintuplets
Does anyone agree with me that the Tucci quintuplets deserve a spot on this list? Maybe they weren't the first born in Australia but they have had substantial media coverage, whereas some others that appear on this list haven't had any sort of media coverage. 74.83.42.9 (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

In 1981, 4 girls and 2 boys were born in Finland at 32 weeks gestation, but one of the boys died of leukaemia in 1987. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.186.150.239 (talk) 18:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Dilley Sextuplets Babies.JPG

10 babies? (Decuplets)
Should this be included here? See also this. Marquardtika (talk) 01:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Stanek Sextuplets
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/18/archives/denver-woman-gives-birth-to-sextuplets-sextuplets-born-to-denver.html I would add but I would only butcher the formatting and someone would have to go back and correct it.174.16.156.196 (talk) 10:37, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * They weren't the first born in the United States and apparently not all of them survived infancy. Therefore unless there is some other reason they are notable they don't meet the criteria for inclusion.  DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 11:03, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Fisk Quadruplets
The Fisk quadruplets were the first quadruplets that survived to adulthood in the United States. The two boys, Ephraim and Joseph, and two girls, Keziah and Mary, were born in Killingly, Connecticut on August 26, 1783.

This quadruplet birth was identified in the Providence Gazette on August 30, 1783 on the top right corner of page 3 of the newspaper.

Ephraim Fisk was my 4th great grandfather. Not sure how to get this notable birth added. Can anyone help?

title = A Gentleman from Killingly informs newspaper = Providence Gazette  date = 30 August 1783 url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KEHW5XCvxlQC&dat=17830830&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

title = Fiske and Fisk newspaper = St Lawrence Republican  date = 3 June 1896 url = https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031416/1896-06-03/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=01%2F01%2F1896&index=0&date2=12%2F31%2F1896&words=Fisk+Fiske+Fisks&to_year2=1896&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&from_year2=1896&proxdistance=5&page=1&county=Saint+Lawrence&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=fisk&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&SearchType2=prox5

Mrs Edward Beaty in the article was Keziah Fisk. There are census records for each of the quadruplets showing them to be living adults. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quadquestion (talk • contribs) 19:21, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Quadquestion (talk) 21:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * This needs a link to a reliable source, not just of the birth, but also verifying that they reached adulthood, to be included. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 22:11, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Book title = Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages, and Deaths Author = James N Arnold  Volume = XIII Deaths   Page = 386 url = https://ia902706.us.archive.org/11/items/vitalrecordsofrh06arno/vitalrecordsofrh06arno.pdf  Although this volume contains deaths, there is an entry for a birth. FISKE Ephraim ; his wife presented him with four children, 2 boys and 2 girls, at Killingly, Aug. 26, 1783 Quadquestion (talk) 19:56, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

I added a newspaper article about the quadruplets living into adulthood. Is that sufficient or do I need multiple references? Quadquestion (talk) 17:56, 16 August 2020 (UTC)


 * We have a source that is sufficient to include them in the list, but there is nothing claiming they were the FIRST to reach adulthood. They could be included as "possibly the first quadruplets in the United States to survive to adulthood", but that could be considered WP:OR. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 10:32, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

According to the list, the first quadruplets were born in 1750. The Fisk quadruplets born in 1783 were the second set. They all lived to adulthood. Because this happened so many years ago, there is no source that would say they were the first. If the first set born in 1750 didn't live, then the Fisk quadruplets must be the first set to have lived to adulthood. Not sure what can be claimed here. Obviously they were the first set born in the United States. Quadquestion (talk) 21:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * That's OR. Even the 1750 quads are not described as the first. I've added the entry without mentioning whether they were the first "anything". If there is ever a RS which claims they were the first, then the entry can be amended accordingly. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 00:17, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

https://www.is.fi/perhe/art-2000009946317.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.186.150.239 (talk) 19:06, 6 January 2024 (UTC)