Meet Six Nations’ first baby of 2026!

Six Nations’ First Baby of 2026 is a little girl. Mom Eilaya General and dad Rory Thomas brought her home Friday, Jan. 1 to a large family waiting eagerly to meet the new family addition...See story page 3. (Photo by Jim C. Powless)

Six Nations’ First Baby of the year is a girl! By Lynda Powless Editor Meet Six Nations’ first citizen of 2026… little Georgia Thomas! Georgia is the daughter of Rory Thomas and Eilaya General and was born at Brantford General Hospital Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 at 9:08 a.m. Eilaya says while everything went well with the birth it was both an exciting and nervous time for the young couple. “I woke up at 3 a.m. with contractions,” she said from her hospital bed at Brantford General. “I didn’t know at first that I was even having contractions,” she says laughing. Eilaya, and a very nervous Rory, went to the hospital at about 8 a.m. Dec 31st and despite the nerves said everything went well. “I was pretty nervous,” Rory said….

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