The Dionne quintuplets — the first set of quints known to survive infancy — were born in Ontario, Canada, on May 28, 1934. But identical sisters Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie and Marie weren’t the only children in the Dionne family. Over the course of 20 years, parents Oliva-Edouard and Elzire Dionne had a total of 14 children — 6 before the quints, 3 after.
Here are the names and birth years of all 14:
- Ernest (1926)
- Rose (1928)
- Therese (1929)
- Leo (1930)
- Daniel (1932)
- Pauline (1933)
- * Yvonne (1934)
- * Annette (1934)
- * Cecile (1934)
- * Emilie (1934)
- * Marie (1934)
- Oliva Jr. (1936)
- Victor (1938)
- Claude (1946)
Which of these names do you like most?
Sources: Dionne Quintuplets – Wikipedia, The Story of the Dionne Quintuplets