Illinois - High school has 12 sets of twins and triplets graduating, class of 2023

[ifindedout]

High school has 12 sets of twins, triplets graduating

Even the school’s principal is a twin.

fox8.com

VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WGN) — The senior class at Vernon Hills High School, in Vernon Hills, Illinois, may have locals seeing double (or triple) as several twins and even triplets are set to graduate on Thursday.

Heath and Hunter Field are among a unique group of students walking across the stage.

“There’s 12 sets of twins, one set of triplets and 27 people. That’s a lot,” Hunter said.

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Together, the 27 seniors account for about 8% of the school’s class graduating class of over 330.

 

[LadyL]

something in the water? lol

 

[caradana]

This class of HS grads were born around 2005,
which was right around the peak of IVF producing multiple pregnancies.
The technology and success rates have improved so much that single-embryo transfers and singleton IVF births are now much more common.

ART and Multiple Births | Key Findings | Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) | Reproductive Health | CDC

ART and Multiple Births

www.cdc.gov

 

[Stunned]

Fun thread while it lasted!