Sextuplets recreate viral baby photo six years later

The McGhee portrait taken in 2010, shortly after the sextuplets were born.
The McGhee portrait taken in 2010, shortly after the sextuplets were born.  Photo: Brian Killian

You may have seen the amazing photo before: a dad lies on the floor, six babies sleeping happily on and around him, as his wife looks on.

The popular image was taken six years ago, when Rozonno and Mia McGhee posed for a family photoshoot with their sextuplets, Elijah, Issac, Josiah, Madison, Olivia and Rozonno Jr.

Taken by photographer Brian Killian, the image has been shared countless times around the world after it went viral on social media.

The recreated photo featuring the six-year-olds and their parents.
The recreated photo featuring the six-year-olds and their parents.  Photo: Brian Killian

"We knew that [photo] was special," Killian told TODAY. "I think people still remember seeing it six years ago. To have six little babies asleep on their dad – that's a unique portrait."

The family have now recreated the iconic image to celebrate the sextuplets sixth birthday and to publicise the family's new TV show, Growing Up McGhee, to air on the UP network in the US.

It's not their first foray into TV – the Ohio family also had a reality show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, Six Little McGhees, which ended in 2014.

The photo has been shared just weeks after another famous family featuring multiples was in the news: the McCaughey septuplets recently graduated high school at age 18.

The McCaughey children – Kenny, Kelsey, Natalie, Brandon, Alexis, Nathan and Joel – were the world's first surviving septuplets.