Genain quadruplets
The Genain quadruplets (born in 1930) are a set of identical
Personal lives
The sisters were born in a midwestern American town (nicknamed "Envira") on April 14, 1930.[2] They were considered local celebrities due to the quadruple nature of their birth.[2] The four sisters grew up with their parents in the same household. The Genain sisters' parents were described as "disturbed".[1] Their paternal grandmother may have had paranoid schizophrenia, and their father was described as abusive. Myra and Nora were probably treated more favorably by their parents, while Iris and Hester were treated more harshly.[2] The parents considered Hester to be a "habitual masturbator"[1] and referred to her as a "moron type" or "sex maniac".[2] Iris and Hester were both circumcised as children in order to prevent them from masturbation.[3][2] The quadruplets were reportedly physically abused by their father, given the pseudonym Mr. Genain. Subsequently, the Genains accepted an offer by the NIMH to take the daughters into their clinic and each was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
All of the sisters except Hester graduated from high school.
Illness and scientific research
All four of the sisters developed schizophrenia by the age of 24.[2] There was a history of mental illness in Mr. Genain's family that might have been an example of genetics being linked with mental illness or it may have just been a dysfunctional and abusive family free from a specific genetic component. Mr. Genain's mother had had a three-year nervous breakdown in her late teens.[citation needed]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-28575-561-8. [page needed]
- ^ PMID 10993407.
- ISBN 978-0-71399-889-4. [page needed]
- S2CID 44156366. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-1-28575-561-8.
- ISBN 978-0-71399-889-4.
- Bernheim, Kayla F.; Lewine, Richard R. J. (1979). Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-09017-5.
- Farley, Audrey Clare (2023). Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-53872-447-7.
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- Mirsky, Allan F.; S2CID 43234604.