The first septuplets to survive infancy mark their 26th birthday.

In 1997, Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey of Carlisle, Iowa, made history when they welcomed the world’s first surviving set of septuplets into their family.

The seven babies—Kenny Jr., Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, Brandon, and Joel—arrived nine weeks prematurely, a medical feat that astonished doctors and captured the attention of people around the globe.

The McCaugheys, who already had an older daughter named Mikayla, suddenly faced a life that was both extraordinary and intensely demanding.

Their story quickly became a media sensation, as news outlets, television programs, and magazines chronicled the family’s life with the septuplets.

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