Tonight, it occurred to me that while I have known a triplet or two in my life, I have never known an entire set of triplets. (In other words, I worked with one, or went to school with one, but never met the other two.) When it comes to multiple births, I’ve known both members of a pair of twins, but never anything larger than that.
For you, what’s the highest number of people you’ve known who were born at one time? Only catch is, you have to have met each person who was part of the multiple birth.
Highest I’ve ever known is identical twins. Now, in the late 70’s I shopped at a small, family run grocery store run by two sets of identical twins. The boys married the girls.
I once worked with a woman who was a triplet (all girls; she was an identical twin with a third girl, and I met her identical twin) and I later worked with a woman who had triplets, but the kids were babies and I left that job shortly afterwards and never met the kids.
My mother’s BFF, who is now deceased, had a cousin who had quintuplets; one baby died without ever leaving the hospital, and IDK if either of them ever met any of the children.
My second son’s elementary school class of twelve had a pair of twins and a set of triplets. Even now as 20 somethings I am acquainted with all enough to speak with and query them on various life events when we meet. There are also multiple sets of twins in my and my wife’s families.
As far as I recall, I don’t know anyone who is a triplet, much less know all three.
I know a number of twins. Interesting statistic; the street where I grew up had four houses in a row with twins in the family (including mine). None of the families are related so it wasn’t a genetic trait.
There were twin brothers in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
When my daughter was in preschool, one of her classmates had triplet brothers - I saw them once, but they were in their mega-stroller, so I don’t think that counts as knowing them.
Twins to be strict to the OP. I have known one set of triplets since birth (4 years ago) but once they grow or I lose contact with the father I doubt I will ever see them again.
Quite a few sets of twins. My high school had around ten sets. There was an article in our school newspaper, and it turned out there was one pair fewer than it was thought, since there were two girls who looked like identical twins, but were actually double cousins.
I’ve had triplets (two girls, one boy) over for sleepovers at our house several times. They are all friends of my daughter’s. Have known them for about five years.
They are not identical. In fact they look very different and have very different personalities.
