The Dionne Quintuplets

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Here is my selection.

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  Have you ever heard the story of these beautiful and precious babies? Well, these sweet girls have always

  been dear to my heart from the first time I heard their sad life story. And I'd like to share a wee bit of what I

  know with you, if you've got a minute.

  Life began for Annette, Cecile, Marie, Yvonne, and Emilie on May 28, 1934 in Corbeil, Ontario. They were two months premature and were the first and only identical quintuplets to have ever survived. Their total weight combined was 10 lbs.,1 and a quarter ozs. Before fertility drugs existed, the odds of quintuplets being born were one in 57,000,000.Can you imagine?

  

    They spent the first four months with their parents before the Canadian government made them wards of

the state. They built a special compound for them across the street from their parents home and named it,

"Dafoe Hospital and Nursery" after the doctor who delivered the girls and cared for them. At this hospital there was a playgound built for the quintuplets with an area where the public could come and observe the girls. Approximately 6,ooo people per day visited there.

    As you can see from my photos Annette, Cecile, Yvonne, Marie and Emilie were used to advertise many products like Carnation milk, Quaker oats, Karo syrup, and many other products. They were also in movies.

And in 1994 a movie titled "Million Dollar Babies" was made depicting their lives. I didn't get to see this, but

I am going to look for it to , hopefully, watch.

     This is an advertisement I tore out of an old "Farmers Daughter" magazine I had years ago and framed.

Whenever I look at it I always hope that the remaining quintuplets have found happiness in life. Sadly, Emilie died in 1954 and Marie in 1970, leaving Annette, Cecile, and Yvonne surviving. I saw the remaining three ladies on TV a few months back on a documentary and these beautiful little girls have aged into quite attractive older ladies. I gathered from the interview that they have found peace in their lives finally.

I couldn't begin to cover all there is to learn about these special ladies, but there are many details on-line that can fill in the blanks for you if you're interested.

                                                                                                                                                                   

Today I want to say thank you to the Lord for all the small gifts he provides as well as the big!