![]() ![]() The girls were "kidnapped" (their words, and their parents') from their family and raised in the public view, raised up Lion King style for the paying public's admiration, or else kept in an enclosed play area while (also paying) onlookers observed, Truman Show style.Įventually, the girls were given back to their family, parents Oliva and Elzire, but their parents were exhausted and resentful of the ordeal, and later, the girls claimed they weren't treated well. ![]() ![]() Therein lies the rub- their survival was part of what made them so famous, because healthcare back then was not great, especially for women's health and natal care. Nobody believed they would survive, at least, not all of them, but due to collective efforts from doctors and nurses and donations from interested third parties, an 18th century incubator that didn't run on electricity was obtained and the quintuplets survived through infancy, childhood, and beyond. They were two months premature and collectively weighed around 13 pounds. ![]() The Dionne Quintuplets, as they came to be known, were five girls born to some low-income French-Canadians. This is a fascinating and tragic story about five girls who basically ended up becoming a sideshow attraction as the wards of the Canadian government. ![]()
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