{"id":151986,"date":"2022-05-22T10:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=151986"},"modified":"2022-05-22T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:21:35","slug":"mom-raises-her-adopted-twins-biological-son-as-triplets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/mom-raises-her-adopted-twins-biological-son-as-triplets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom raises her adopted twins, biological son as triplets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3169576139\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1684676082\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>NY POST: A mom of 10 told how she is raising her biological son and his twin brothers as triplets \u2013 and if you say they aren\u2019t the little lads will \u201ctear you apart.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-2421621380\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Alicia Dougherty, the matriarch of the Dougherty Dozen, left people smiling when she shared the news on her TikTok page \u2013 largely because the youngsters are different races and heights.<\/p>\n<p>The boys are all the same age and are all in second grade which is year three in the UK.<\/p><div id=\"antig-620475975\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1769389023\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0979\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>And we couldn\u2019t imagine three prouder siblings.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1205684214\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Alicia, who adopted six children and gave birth to four, was responding to a person who had queried her \u201ctriplets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cOur adopted twins and biological son are all born in 2014 and in second grade and have been raised as triplets most of their lives.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-3955591670\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>She added: \u201cDon\u2019t tell them they\u2019re not triplets or they will tear you apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People were quick to praise Alicia and the boys who look utterly devoted to each other.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2301727134\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter about the skin color you can see how much love they have for each other\u2026 triplets for life,\u201d said one person.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1584417538\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLook how proud they are!\u201d added another. \u201cSuch beautiful triplets!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can be whatever they want to be!!!!!!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22362556\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?w=657\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1314 1314w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=985 985w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=657 657w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=328 328w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"Alicia Dougherty said she is raising her biological son and his twin brothers as triplets.\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alicia Dougherty said she is raising her biological son and his twin brothers as triplets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@doughertydozen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alicia previously told how she\u2019d been trolled for her mammoth brood but ignored it.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cPeople keep trolling on my videos that they hate our smiles. I guess I\u2019m biased but I think they\u2019re all 100 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappiness comes from knowing we are worthy of being our true, authentic selves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see the negativity. But we brush it off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we know it comes from other people\u2019s insecurities and triggers. It\u2019s not on us. It\u2019s on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate those of you who have checked in on us over the past few weeks as we\u2019ve been massively trolled by unhappy, insecure people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22362560\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?w=819\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adopted-sons-triplets-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"Alicia Dougherty, who has 10 kids, left people smiling when she shared the news on her TikTok page - largely because the youngsters are different races and heights.\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alicia Dougherty, who has 10 kids, left people smiling when she shared the news on her TikTok page \u2013 largely because the youngsters are different races and heights.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@doughertydozen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI promise you, we are good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alicia regularly posts updates on them on her popular Instagram pages.<\/p>\n<p>But when she showed off her food haul, she was also slammed.<\/p>\n<p>A weekly shop including 25 bananas, 12 pounds of chicken and 191 bags of chips was mocked by trolls.<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the mountainous food shop was $1,094, adding up to around a hefty $56,000 food bill.<\/p>\n<p>In the short clip she said: \u201cThe following will last us for almost one week plus I had to get supplies for the boy\u2019s football party later today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not get apples we\u2019re going to go apple picking for those later. I did get produce including 25 bananas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued to move her camera around the huge stacks of food explaining what she had purchased.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cSome snacks including 191 packs of chips. Bread for the week, a few boxes of cereal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDairy for the week including 14lbs of cheese, lunchables, coffee, some canned goods, meat including 12.5lb chicken. 6lb of pasta and a few random things and that\u2019s all for today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 2018 interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/parents-of-10-give-great-life-to-6-adopted-with-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a>, Alicia and Josh explained that all six of their adopted kids have behavioral issues and suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) \u2013 making family life a little more challenging.<\/p>\n<p>Although they weren\u2019t aware of this when adopting their first son Alex \u2013 who was four at the time, the parents threw themselves into helping him \u2013 and went on to help other kids with \u201cdifficult behaviors.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"AV61e05d9cf42b9f6865533ef7\">\n<div id=\"aniBox\">\n<div id=\"aniplayer_AV61e05d9cf42b9f6865533ef7-1653228772347\">\n<div id=\"aniplayer_AV61e05d9cf42b9f6865533ef7-1653228772347gui\">\n<div id=\"av-container\" class=\" av-desktop hide-controls\">\n<div id=\"av-inner\">\n<div id=\"slot\">\n<div id=\"imgpreloader\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"preloader\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"videoslot\" class=\"loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"gui\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe became known as the parents who could handle the difficult behaviors,\u201d Alicia said, and now, the power duo share insight into their hectic family life in TikTok and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/doughertydozen\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/lifestyle\/5391330\/dougherty-dozen-triplets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a>\u00a0and was reproduced here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-4060355933\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY POST: A mom of 10 told how she is raising her biological son and his twin brothers as triplets \u2013 and if you say they aren\u2019t the little lads will \u201ctear you apart.\u201d Alicia Dougherty, the matriarch of the Dougherty Dozen, left people smiling when she shared the news on her TikTok page \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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