Gravata case

The Gravata case was a medical case that happened during the first decades of the 1900s, regarding a Tuscan woman by that name who had many multiple births[1] and in total birthed 62 living children.

She was born in Tuscany the twin daughter of a triplet.[2] Her first child was a girl. Her next pregnancy produced 6 sons, followed by 5 more the next year. Then 2 sets of triplets, and a quartet. The next 36 children were single or twin girls.[3] The last 4 were boys.[2]

References

  1. "Mother of Many Children". Clinton Mirror. 15 August 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Children Born in Bunches". Sausalito News. 29 September 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. The Daily Gleaner. 3 July 1914. Missing or empty |title= (help) Reprinted 3 July 2014

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