Recently, I just got to know that two Nigerian Nollywood stars namely Honourable Desmond Elliot and Taiwo Aromokun were blessed with set of Twins twice. I was shocked but not surprised. Shocked because like every other news you hear for the first time, this one jolted every bit of my being. Not surprised because like Christians would always say 'With God, all things are possible'. I went further in research on any Nigerian who have given birth to twins thrice and then I found a foreigner who has exceeded that number and like the Holy Writ would say '.... exceeding, abundantly, above all we can ask or think'.
Meet Mrs. Vassilyeva, a Russian woman who gave birth to sixteen (16) sets of twins, seven (7( sets of triplets and four (4) sets of quadruplet which brings her total children to a total of 69 children although statistics shows only 64 survived. This phenomenon was possible because of certain reasons scientists have not been able to decipher. Science has said that maybe she had genetic predisposition to hyper-ovulate (release multiple eggs in one cycle), She was married to a Russian Man, Mr. Fedor Vassilyeva who had two wives. His other wife was also fertile but not compared to his first wife. She had six (6) pair of twins and two (2) sets of triplets.
They were said to hold the record because the case was reported to Moscow by the Monastery of Nikolsk on 27 Feb 1782, which had recorded every birth.
Here are some pictures
Edaki Aaron Odion
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