Utah’s Gardner Quadruplets One in 70 Million

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Obie Editorial Team

Ashley and Tyson Gardner wanted a baby. They tried the natural approach for eight years with no luck so they turned to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which was an astounding success. They became parents on Sunday, December 28, when Indie, Esme, Scarlett, and Evangeline were born and quickly became the darlings of the internet. The four girls — affectionately known as the Quad Squad — are two sets of identical twins, an occurrence so rare that a Harvard professor has estimated it to happen only once in 70 million births.           

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