Their names are Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne but they are better known as the Dionne Quints. They are the only recorded set of identical quintuplets and one of the very few sets of naturally-conceived high multiples to survive infancy. In May 28, 1934, the Dionne Quints were born to the impoverished Elzire and Oliva Dionne of Canada. When the quints were nine months old, they were taken from their parents and became wards of the state to live in an estate that became known as Quintland. There, they lived a rigid schedule consisting of either medical testing or structured playtime outdoors in the observatory field where tourists could watch them without interacting with the children. In fact, they had very little contact with people aside from the nurses and house staff. When they were nine years old, their parents won back custody of the children but they continued the girls’ “fish-bowl” existence with various engagements, photo-ops, tourist attractions, etc. to turn a profit from the publicity. The sisters claimed they never saw any of the purported millions of dollars made by the government and their parents from this bizarre upbringing. With their privacy severely abused and their childhood traumatized, the Dionne Quints severed ties with the rest of their family and the three surviving sisters currently share a modest house and an intensely private life in Montreal. Abby♥
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:17:50 +0000
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