Mum of four gives birth to quadruplets in possible world first

Mum of four gives birth to quadruplets in possible world first

July 20, 2026 · 3 min

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An Australian mother has given birth to identical quadruplets, a rare occurrence in the world.

An Australian mother has given birth to identical quadruplets in what doctors have described as one of the rarest births in the world, as they developed from a single fertilised egg and shared the same placenta. What makes Australia's identical quadruplets so biologically rare?

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