Californian Fatima Madrigal gave birth to a special set of twins last week, who despite being born only 15 minutes apart, do not share the same day, month, or even year of birth, USA Today reported on Monday.
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Madrigal delivered a son, Alfredo Antonio Trujillo, at 11:45 p.m. on New Year's Eve and a daughter, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, exactly at midnight. As such, Alfredo's official date of birth is Dec. 31, 2021, and Aylin's Jan. 1, 2022.
"It's crazy to me that they are twins and have different birthdays," Madrigal, said. "I was surprised and happy that she arrived at midnight."
Aylin was also the first baby born at Natividad Medical Center this year, according to a news release by the hospital.
Twins have been born in different centuries as well.
Separated by the stroke of midnight, at least three sets of twins were born on opposite sides of the millennium, according to The Associated Press.
The births occurred in Indianapolis, Fairfax, and Berlin, Germany.
Neither Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis nor parents Julie and Tim Wallman planned the births to coincide with history, said hospital spokeswoman Leslie Smith.
Jacob Wallman was born at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1999. His sister, Jordan, was delivered at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2000.
In Berlin, a 25-year-old Bulgarian mother first gave birth to Mircem, four minutes before the end of 1999, doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital said. A minute into New Year's Day, his brother Mircan followed.
At Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, a woman gave birth to a girl at 11:52 p.m., making her one of the last Virginians born in the 1900s. The baby girl's brother then arrived at 12:01 p.m.
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