Episode

Mum of four gives birth to quadruplets in possible world first.

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ABC News Top Stories
Published
Jul 20, 2026
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181
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Summary

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?