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'It was a surprise': California twins born in different years

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Reuters
05 January, 2022, 01:40 pm
Last modified: 05 January, 2022, 01:43 pm

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'It was a surprise': California twins born in different years

Madrigal said her partner Robert Trujillo and their other three children, aged 11, 3 and 1, were over the moon with the new arrivals

Reuters
05 January, 2022, 01:40 pm
Last modified: 05 January, 2022, 01:43 pm
Twins Aylin Trujillo, born at 00:00 on January 1, 2022, and Alfredo Trujillo, born at 23:45 on December 31, 2021, are pictured in Salinas, California, US, January 1, 2022 in this image from social media. Photo :Reuters
Twins Aylin Trujillo, born at 00:00 on January 1, 2022, and Alfredo Trujillo, born at 23:45 on December 31, 2021, are pictured in Salinas, California, US, January 1, 2022 in this image from social media. Photo :Reuters

In years to come, Aylin and Alfredo Trujillo who were born over New Year's, may feel they stand out in a crowd because they are twins.

They will certainly have a tale to tell about their birthdays, which fall on different days, months and years.

"It was a surprise," mother Fatima Madrigal, 28, told Reuters on Tuesday in an interview from Greenfield, California.

At 11.45pm (0745 GMT) on New Year's Eve 2021, Fatima Madrigal gave birth to her son Alfredo Antonio Trujillo in Salinas, California. Fifteen minutes later, as the clock struck midnight and hospital staff rang in the new year, Aylin arrived.

The twins were over two weeks early, as Madrigal's due date was 16 January Aylin weighed in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces (2.66 kg), while big brother Alfredo weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce.

Madrigal said her partner Robert Trujillo and their other three children, aged 11, 3 and 1, were over the moon with the new arrivals.

"I was kind of shocked because twins don't run in my family, nor in my partner's family," she said. "So we were really surprised that we got blessed with two babies, and it's a boy and a girl, so we're complete."

For now, the twins will celebrate their birthdays on the same day, Madrigal said.

"I'll explain it to them the best I can. When they're older, if they want to celebrate their birthdays, like, different years, it's up to them, but right now that they're small and they're with me, they're going to celebrate their birthday together," she said.

According to Natividad Medical Center, where the twins were born, there are about 120,000 twin births in the United States every year, but twins with different birthdays are rarer. Some estimate the chance of twins being born in different years as one in 2 million, the hospital said.

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