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First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town

Date
11 Jan 1974
Updated
30 Sep 2019
First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town

Susan Rosenkowitz and her husband Colin bore the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy on 11 January 1974, in Cape Town, South Africa. The three boys (David Peter, Grant Vincent and Jason Solomon), and three girls (Emma Louise, Nicolette Anne, and Elizabeth Rebecca) were born by caesarian section. They were born at Mowbray Maternity Hospital, in Cape Town South Africa. Their total birth weight was 24 lb 1 oz (10.9 kg), with individual birth weights ranging from 2 lb 6 oz (1.1 kg) to 4 lb 6 oz (2.0 kg) Only one of the six children, Grant, still lives in South Africa where he was born. The others have resettled in London, England and Dublin, Ireland.

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  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.)
  2. 02Rosenkowitz sextuplets,  [online], Available at nationmaster.com [Accessed: 07 January 2010]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012204

South African History Online (2011) 'First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012204 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012204, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012204. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "First sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012204.

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