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| That was then: the Walton sextuplets (pic: SM) |
One birthday but 180 years clocked up as the world's first surviving all-female sextuplets prepare to mark their big day
The Walton sextuplets are preparing for their milestone 30th birthdays on Monday.
The girls, the first surviving all-female sextuplets, grew up in the spotlight until they were 18, when they decided to live more private lives.
But they have emerged ahead of their 30th birthdays to reveal the different directions their lives have taken.
Single Hannah manages an optician’s, air stewardess Luci is engaged, Ruth has a boyfriend and works in a call centre, Kate is single and works in HR, and Jennie lives with her boyfriend and runs a retro sweet shop.
Sarah, who is engaged and works in a medical centre, said: “We’re never short of someone to gossip with.”
Ruth said: “I don’t think of myself as a ‘sextuplet’. But it’s been a laugh... I was just born with five sisters.”
Parents Graham and Jan, of Wallasey, Merseyside, said: “We’re so proud. It doesn’t seem like five minutes since they were born.”
Jan added: “It surprises me still how different they all are but they are such good friends.
This is now: The girls are almost 30
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“Of course it has been hard work but the joys have outweighed the worries.”
When aged 16, Jan was amazingly told she could not have children and her and Graham were ready to adopt while she underwent fertility treatment.
But the bombshell dropped when Jan discovered she was pregnant - with SIX babies on the way.
She was admitted to The Royal Liverpool Hospital at eight weeks before being transferred to Oxford Street Maternity Hospital at 23.
The girls were finally born by caesarean section at thirty-one-and-a-half weeks.
So far, none of the daughters are married or have children of their own.
And for Jan, that would be the icing on the cake, who said: “We can’t wait to be grandparents.
“But that’s the future and if it’s like the last 30 years, it will be an absolute pleasure. For the girls, like us, family is everything.”
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“Of course it has been hard work but the joys have outweighed the worries.”
When aged 16, Jan was amazingly told she could not have children and her and Graham were ready to adopt while she underwent fertility treatment.
But the bombshell dropped when Jan discovered she was pregnant - with SIX babies on the way.
She was admitted to The Royal Liverpool Hospital at eight weeks before being transferred to Oxford Street Maternity Hospital at 23.
The girls were finally born by caesarean section at thirty-one-and-a-half weeks.
So far, none of the daughters are married or have children of their own.
And for Jan, that would be the icing on the cake, who said: “We can’t wait to be grandparents.
“But that’s the future and if it’s like the last 30 years, it will be an absolute pleasure. For the girls, like us, family is everything.”
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