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Musk and Wilson's firstborn child died at 10 weeks in 2002.—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 May 2026 The hooper went with a copy-and-paste job to name his firstborn.—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026 Lellio dreamed of giving her firstborn daughter, then 2, a sibling.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Parents could be more likely to seek diagnoses for their firstborn than any subsequent children.—Will Barker, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for firstborn