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| Birth Date: | 1983 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Mother: | Janet Leadbetter |
| Father: | Graham Walton |
| Known: | First all-female surviving sextuplets; fourth known set of surviving sextuplets |
The Walton sextuplets were born at Liverpool Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England[1] on 18 November 1983 and were the world's first all-female surviving sextuplets, and the world's fourth known set of surviving sextuplets.[2] [3] The children are Hannah, Lucy, Ruth, Sarah, Kate, and Jennifer.
The children were born to Janet (née Leadbetter) and Graham Walton and grew up in the family's seven-bedroom home in Wallasey, Merseyside. On 13 June 2011 the sextuplets were featured in the ITV1 programme Moving On.[4]
In February 2015, Janet Walton's book Six Little Miracles: The Heartwarming True Story of Raising the World’s First Sextuplet Girls was published by Ebury Press.
All six children were delivered by Caesarean section at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool at 31 and a half weeks gestation.[5] In order of birth the sextuplets are:[6]