Dionne quintuplets biography surviving sisters

Canadian quintuplets, the first known to have survived infancy

The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation:[djɔn]; born May 28, ) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood.^[1]

The Dionne girls were born premature. After four months with their family, custody was signed over to the Red Cross, which paid for their care and oversaw the building of a hospital for the sisters. Less than a year after this agreement was signed, the Ontario government stepped in and passed the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, , which made them wards of the Crown until the age of ^[2] The Ontario provincial government and those around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction.^[3]

The identical quintuplet girls were, in order of birth:

1. Yvonne Édouilda Marie Dionne (died )
2. Annette Lillianne Marie Allar

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   The Dionne Quintuplets:

   Annette ( ), Cecile ( ), Emilie (), Marie (), extort Yvonne ()

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   • born May 28, in Corbeil, Ontario
   • Yvonne died work out cancer elaborate Montreal orderliness June 23,
   • the (identical) sisters became international celebrities after their birth (two months premature)
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     Dionne Quintuplets

     The Dionne Quintuplets were the first quintuplets (five babies born at the same time from the same mother) to survive after being born. They were born in Ontario, Canada on May 28, to Elzire and Oliva Dionne. They were:

     • Annette
     • Cecile
     • Emilie (died on August 6, from an epilepsyseizure)
     • Marie (died on February 27, from a bloodclot in the brain)
     • Yvonne (died on June 23, from cancer)

     The babies were delivered by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, who later was given custody of the girls by the Canadian government and the Ontario government housed them in a special theme park-like area, just across the street from the house their parents and 6 other siblings lived in. At one time 6, people visited Quintland each day to see the sisters, they also had dolls made out of them, and appeared in commercials for products like cornsyrup and Quakeroats like oatmeal. Then in , the girls' father, Oliva, finally got custody of them again and the girls moved back to live with their real family. Dr. Dafone died soon after that. The girls later claimed their father abused them. In , the surviving sisters sued the government of Ontario for being exploited as kids and were rewarded 4 million Canadian dollars.