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Haven't they grown up? Family photos show Walton sextuplets 27 years on

Hannah, Ruth, Luci, Kate, Jennie and Sarah SOURCE: Daily Mail
  • A family of sextuplets have gone against all odds and somehow including science to live long
  • Janet and Graham Walton welcomed their six girls in 1983
  • 27 years later, many things have changed including the grown up women with different personalities they have become

It is a known fact that the odds of having sextuplets are extremely low, with one occurring in every 4.5 million pregnancies around the world. It is said that while some survive up till their first birthday, most end up in miscarriages.

However, the Walton family are a breathing and walking miracle which started in 1983. Janet, their mother who conceived using fertility treatment welcomed her girls on November 18. It took both parents a year off work to raise their bundles of joy but all in good spirit.

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