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Show Many Multiple Births of Authentic Record Aristotle believed that the greatest number of children a mother could bear at one time was five, but In this country alone, Washington has two genuine records reporting births of sextuplets. Pliny, the historian, reported the birth of 12 children during his day. Lebrun reported that 13 children were born to a marquise of France during the Crusades. The records revealed that: Six children were born to a woman of Dropin in Europe in 1831. Sextuplets were reported In Italy In 1844. Sextuplets were born to a woman in Maine, June 27, 1S47. Sextuplets were reported In Lorca, Spain, In 1885. Seigbert, ancient chronicler, reported re-ported that the mother of the king of Lombard! gave birth to seven children. Hermann, in his Russian vital statistics, sta-tistics, reports that Feodor Vasellet and his two wives broke all records. There were 69 children by the first wife, quadruplets four times, triplets seven times, twins 16 times, all of whom lived. When the mother of the G9 died, Vasellet married again and had 18 children by his second wife. When he died, 83 of his children chil-dren were still living. |