{"id":11256,"date":"2025-11-11T12:26:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=11256"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:26:43","slug":"worlds-first-surviving-septuplets-celebrate-26th-birthday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=11256","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first surviving septuplets celebrate 26th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1997, Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey from Iowa welcomed the world\u2019s first surviving septuplets\u2014Kenny Jr., Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, Brandon, and Joel\u2014born nine weeks prematurely. Their birth made global headlines, and the family appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em> for the babies\u2019 first birthday, where they also met President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n

The septuplets, along with their older sister Mikayla, kept their parents busy\u2014using about 52 diapers and 42 bottles a day. The family received generous donations, including a large home, a van, two years\u2019 worth of diapers, a year\u2019s supply of Kraft macaroni and cheese, and college scholarships for any Iowa state university. To save costs, the McCaugheys also grew their own vegetables.<\/p>\n

Two of the septuplets, Alexis and Nathan, were diagnosed with cerebral palsy. After back surgery in 2005, Nathan learned to walk without a walker. All seven graduated high school and attended college: Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, and Joel went to Hannibal-LaGrange University; Kenny and Alexis studied at Des Moines Area Community College; and Brandon joined the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

The siblings said college gave them their first taste of independence. \u201cWe\u2019re not just the seven septuplets\u2014we\u2019re becoming our own people,\u201d Kelsey shared.<\/p>\n

Mikayla married in 2015 and made the septuplets aunts and uncles. Natalie married in 2019, followed by Brandon. Natalie now aims for graduate school as an athletic trainer. Alexis, who studied early childhood education and won multiple special-needs beauty pageants, hopes to teach in an elementary school. Nathan and Joel major in computer information systems\u2014Joel dreams of working in cybersecurity at Google.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving six siblings the same age means we\u2019re not just family, we\u2019re best friends,\u201d Natalie told Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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In 1997, Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey from Iowa welcomed the world\u2019s first surviving septuplets\u2014Kenny Jr., Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, Brandon, and Joel\u2014born nine weeks prematurely. Their birth made global headlines, and the family appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show for the babies\u2019 first birthday, where they also met President Bill Clinton. The septuplets, along with…<\/p>\n

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