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16lb Sammisano, California's largest newborn [1]

San Francisco, USA

Monday, March 17, 2014 - 14:45.  Updated on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 15:05.

Sammisano Joshua Talai Otuhiva, a five-month old boy from San Francisco is being recognised as the largest baby ever born in the American state of California.

When Sammisano was born in August 2013 he weighed in at 16 pounds, 1.8 ounces. His American Samoan mother Sosefina Tagalu and Tongan father Pavasio Otuhiva said that surprisingly he was born earlier than the due date. They showed off their new son to the SF Gate [2] news website. Now 5-months-old, at 25 pounds, Sammisano carries the weight of an 18-month-old.

It is not the first time a Tongan baby has broken a weight record, in 2005 a Tongan couple in Auckland gave birth to a baby girl, Angelani Manu, who weighed in at 14 pounds, 10 ounces, and was reportedly New Zealand’s heaviest new born baby.

The world record for the largest baby ever born was 23 pounds, 12 ounces, for a baby born to a Canadian woman in 1879.

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