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[Opinions] Re: The Dionne quintuplets
I'm more surprised by the parents' ability to have three more children after raising eleven, 5 of which were the same age. Lord. I am impressed by that family's strength, even if large families and low divorce rate were the standard of the time.As for names, I like: Rose Marie
Thérèse
Daniel
Cécile
Marie
Victoredit: Ah, a bit of research showed that the girls were made wards of the state. That changes things, and upsets me a little. Their exploitation was utterly unjust.

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Yes, that was shameful. And I'm a Canadian!I guess it's a case of, "The past is another country. They do things differently there."The family was poor, and the parents uneducated, I believe, (not to imply that they were stupid), and I suppose they were told that the little girls were to have advantages the parents couldn't supply. And they did have those advantages. But, they were separated from their family. It's a sad story.
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I think the creepiest part was how they set up a zoo-like enclosure where people could go watch the girls - but the girls couldn't see them. That freaked me right the heck out. It really is a terrible story.
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