The octuplets of Octomom turn 16 – here’s what their lives are like now.

Early Life and Path to Motherhood

Natalie Suleman was born July 11, 1975, in Fullerton, California, and grew up as the only child of Angela Victoria Stanaitis, a schoolteacher, and Edward Doud Suleman, a restaurant owner of Palestinian descent.

From a young age, Suleman displayed a passionate interest in children and child development, a drive that would later influence her life choices.

Suleman attended Nogales High School in La Puente, California, and later studied at Mt. San Antonio College before earning a bachelor’s degree in child development.

She even worked as a psychiatric technician in a state mental hospital, where she gained hands‑on experience caring for patients with special needs — a background that would become relevant as her own family expanded.

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