The Kienast quintuplets were born February 24, 1970.
Three girls, Amy, Sara and Abigail and two boys, Edward and William Jr., known respectively as Ted and Gordon, were the first American set of surviving quintuplets to be conceived through the use of the fertility drug, Pergonal.
Mom and Dad were Peggy Jo and her husband William "Bill" Kienast, who already had two other kids also conceived with the help of fertility drugs.
They were the second set of surviving quintuplets born in the U.S. so news of their birth at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York made headlines around the world.
When cleared to go home in April 1970, the quints were taken home to Liberty Corners, New Jersey
As youngsters, they appeared on various talk shows and commercials, and the magazine Good Housekeeping had an exclusive deal to publish four stories about them in their first two years.
Despite the income the commercials provided the family began having financial trouble and in 1983 the family almost lost their home to foreclosure.
Unfortunately, in 1984 Bill Kienast committed suicide by carbon monoxide inhalation.
In May 2001 the quintuplets, then 31, and their mother gave an interview to Good Housekeeping, their last known national media appearance.
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Kienast Quintuplets - Liberty Corners, New Jersey
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