World's First Surviving Septuplets, Born In '97, Graduate From High School

President Bush and the McCaughey septuplets as they greet him at the Des Moines International Airport in Iowa in 2002. 

Born into the world and into the spotlight in 1997 by Bobbi McCaughey who took a fertility drug after she and her husband had difficulty conceiving their first child.
The McCaughey septuplets have now graduated high school.


Reportedly the first surviving septuplets in the world, their birth fueled a national debate about fertility treatment — and inspired awe.

Alexis, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny, Natalie and Nathan graduated Carlisle High School in Iowa on Sunday, the Des Moines Register reports
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