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Rare Mixed Triplets Born in South Los Angeles
8/31/2026, 11:27:00 AM
Arrival of the Triplets
In late August, Nyla Craft and Marco Bernal of South Los Angeles welcomed three newborn boys—Elio, Elias and Enzo—at Kaiser Permanent South Bay Medical Center. The infants are a set of mixed triplets: two are identical twins and the third is a fraternal sibling. The birth added three children to a family that already includes a daughter, Naya, and a son, Maceo, bringing the total to five children under five years old.
Rarity and Statistics
Medical staff described the pregnancy as “a really rare event” “This is a really rare event,” — Quynh Vo-Hanser, of Kaiser Permanente South Bay. Within the United States, roughly 5 million deliveries occur each year, and about 2,400 result in triplets. All three babies are male, a combination the chief nurse executive said she has never seen in three decades of practice “The other thing is that they're all the same sex. I have never seen this, all these conditions within the triplet, in my three decades.” — Gina Renteria, chief nurse executive. Their combined birth weight was 19.3 lb, only a few ounces short of the Guinness World Record for the heaviest living triplets.
Medical Team and Care
The delivery required a substantially larger crew than a typical birth. The chief nurse executive noted that three NICU nurses, two physicians for the infants, additional doctors for the mother, and an extra maternal nurse were assigned, expanding the delivery-room staff to about 15 people versus the usual five “There were about 15 people in the delivery room when we normally have about five.” — Dr. Rohit Passi, chief of neonatology at Kaiser Permanente South Bay. Dr. Rohit Passi, chief of neonatology, said the hospital’s approach emphasizes equity, noting higher maternal-mortality rates among Black women and stressing a “holistic approach and equity lens” to support patients like Craft.
Verbatim Quotes
- “I was like, oh my goodness, I'm having twins. And she was like, no, there's three. And I was like, oh my gosh, triplets.” — Nyla Craft
- “This is a really rare event,” — Quynh Vo-Hanser, of Kaiser Permanente South Bay
- “We're just so happy, this is the best part, seeing them out and sitting with the family and this is the reason we do what we do,” — Dr. Rohit Passi, chief of neonatology at Kaiser Permanente South Bay
