Born on the same day – 14 years apart

Next January will be an expensive month for Martin and Kim MacKriell.

Their three children were all born on the same day, beating odds of one in 130,000 ’s so they won’t just be tightening their belts after Christmas.

Triple trouble: Robin, at the back, Rebecca and baby Ruth

The couple’s son Robin was first, born on January 29, 1994, then along came Rebecca exactly two years later. This year, the trio was completed when Ruby was born on ’s you’ve guessed it ’s January 29.

Everyone thinks it is really weird,’ says 14-year-old Robin, who acts as spokesman because his parents are deaf.

The chances of Mr MacKriell, 40, and his 41-year-old wife, from Gloucester, having three children on the same day are ‘about 7.5 in a million’, claims Prof Bill Notz from Ohio State University.

That’s one in 133,000 and it means one thing for certain ’s decorator Mr MacKriell will have to paint a lot of walls to pay for the birthdays in 2009.

The family was amazed when Ruby was born, said Mr MacKriell, a director of Gloucestershire Deaf Association.

When they were younger, Robin and Rebecca, 12, used to celebrate together but as they have grown they have marked their birthdays separately.

But next year is going to be one big family party with three sets of gifts.

Robin added: ‘It’s a bit like Christmas without the tree, us all getting presents on the same day.’

Source: metro.co.uk

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