<span class="ABriefbody">CARLISLE, Iowa — The world’s first surviving septuplets have graduated from their Iowa high school.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Alexis, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny, Natalie and Nathan McCaughey all crossed the stage Sunday as part of Carlisle High School’s class of 2016.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">The septuplets were born Nov. 19, 1997, ranging in weight from 2 pounds, 5 ounces to 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Their mother had taken a fertility drug.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">KCCI-TV in Des Moines reports that the septuplets are going on separate paths following high school, including the military and college. The station says two of the seven plan to attend Hannibal-LaGrange University in Missouri, where their parents say they were promised a free education.</span><p>In this Sunday</p>Rachel Mummey