I think it must be a hoax. They were supposedly born in 1984? Why then in 1998 were the Chukwu octuplets in Texas hailed as the "world's first surviving set of octuplets" (and then they didn't all survive). Also, octuplets surviving and thriving so well as to all do gymnastics???? Near impossible if not totally impossible.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/239458.stm
(EDITED to add: Sorry, if linked doesn't work, just copy & paste)
This message was edited 11/20/2004, 7:54 PM