Winona Daily Republican in Winona, Minnesota

Sevenfold births and myths span septuplets through history

A discussion traces supposed septuplets in Aubrey’s Wiltshire memoir and other tales, noting Aubrey’s reliance on parish records and local memory. It surveys an Amsterdam chronicle of seven children at one fire, a Paris baker’s yearly triplets, and a Brussels journal note of eight births yielding twenty four children in nine years, highlighting magnified legends and dubious facts.