A photograph captured in 1946 shows a father who fainted after he saw his newborn triplets for the first time, as ultrasound technology for fetal monitoring had not yet been developed.
Both the content of the photo, in which three nurses and a doctor are seen smiling and laughing at the supposedly unconscious man, and the original Associated Press caption, which said the father was "feigning shock," could indicate the tableau was staged, not real.
It was featured in a number of newspapers in February 1946, including The Port Arthur News, with the caption "Proud Papa Sees Triplets for First Time." The father, Arris Poulos, also was mentioned in a 1951 New York Times article that read "A party that looked as if it were something done with mirrors celebrated yesterday the fifth birthday of the triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arris Poulos."
Arris Petropoulous Poulos died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 15, 1994, at the age of 76. He was a member of the local Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, where his funeral service was held on December 19, 1994. He was born in Greece on September 3, 1918. Mr. Poulos served in the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army in Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece during World War II. Most likely, the names of his three sons in the pictures are George, Thomas, Thenny as their names appeared in his obituary.

Holy Innocents Orthodox Pro-Life ministry held a prayer service by planned “parenthood” in Western New York today ☦️