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The Quads of Aubs celebrating their first birthday
Four siblings, nicknamed the “Quads of Aubs,” broke the Guinness World Record to become the most premature quadruplets ever after they arrived 115 days before their due date
Lainey, Kali, Lennon and Koen Bryant, of Alabama, were born to Becca and Lavareis Bryant on May 31, 2024; they were all released from the hospital by December
The previous record holders were the Tepper family in Australia, who had held the title since 1997 after they were born 104 days early
Four babies, nicknamed the “Quads of Aubs,” have made history by becoming the most premature quadruplets ever.
On Wednesday, June 11, Guinness World Records announced that the Bryant siblings of Auburn, Ala., broke the record by arriving 115 days earlier than their Sept. 23, 2024, due date.
On May 31, 2025, the Bryant quads celebrated their first birthday and becoming the Guinness World Records title holders for most premature quadruplets.
The siblings, named Lainey, Kali, Lennon, and Koen, were born to parents Becca and Lavareis Bryant on May 31, 2024, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s hospital.
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“The Bryant family in Alabama hosted a very special first birthday party this 31 May, to celebrate their four children who just made history as the most premature quadruplets,” the record-tracking organization shared in a news release.
The record was previously held by the Tepper family in Australia. They broke it in 1997 after their quadruplets were born 104 days early.
“Hearing our babies were the most premature quads put into perspective how lucky we were that all of them made it,” Becca told Fox affiliate WBRC.
“When Lainey, Kali, Lennon and Koen were born, they were 115 days premature,” she added. “Now, a year later, we were surrounded by family and friends to celebrate their first birthday.”
On that fateful day in May 2024, 30 maternal-fetal and neonatology experts were present to carry out the quadruplets’ emergency cesarean delivery.
Dr. Colm Travers told Guinness World Records that each baby had a “separate team” present in the delivery room to give them the best chance of surviving.
On May 31, 2025, the Bryant quads celebrated their first birthday and becoming the Guinness World Records title holders for most premature quadruplets.
“The highest risk of complications and mortality for extremely preterm babies occurs during their first week of life,” Travers told WBRC.
To help them, the newborns received specialized care focused “on minimizing complications … through that first critical week because it typically means a greater chance of survival and going home,” the doctor said.
Becca, who shares three older children with her husband, went into early labor after her cervix shortened.
She had a trichorionic quadra-amniotic pregnancy, which meant that there were only three placentas instead of four.
Her water proceeded to break and she was developing an infection, according to Guinness.
“I started getting pretty sick, pretty fast,” Becca recalled, speaking to Today. “And then it felt like just few minutes later, I was on the operating table. It was pretty emergent.”
The babies, who were conceived naturally, spent around six months in the neonatal intensive care unit. They were all sent home within days of each other in December 2024.
While quadruplets, especially when they are conceived naturally, are incredibly rare, Guinness noted that Lavareis is a twin.
Multiples in his family are relatively common: His sister is also a mom to twins.
On May 31, 2025, the Bryant quads celebrated their first birthday and becoming the Guinness World Records title holders for most premature quadruplets.
The quadruplets, while they still suffer complications, have improved by leaps and bounds.
“People tell us, ‘If anyone was supposed to have quads, it was y’all,’” Becca, who is a cardiac intensive care unit nurse, told Today.
“We’re both very laid-back and chill, we just handle what needs to be handled,” she said. “In my job and my husband’s job [as a police officer], you don’t have time to panic. You have to react quickly and keep moving.” (PEOPLE: Text, Excluding Headline)
