California twins born in different years
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Twins Alfredo Antonio Trujillo and Aylin Yolanda Trujillo were born 15 minutes apart, but in two separate years.
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A set of twins born 15 minutes apart in California have very different birthdays - one in 2021 and the other in 2022.
Alfredo Antonio Trujillo came into the world at 11.45pm on New Year's Eve in the city of Salinas.
A quarter of an hour later, on New Year's Day, his sister Aylin Yolanda Trujillo was born.
The Natividad Medical Centre, where the babies were delivered, said last week that some estimates suggest there is a one-in-two-million chance of twins being born in different years.
"It's crazy to me that they are twins and have different birthdays," the babies' mother, Ms Fatima Madrigal, was quoted as saying in the statement.
Dr Ana Abril Arias described the births as "one of the most memorable deliveries of my career".
She said: "It was an absolute pleasure to help these little ones arrive here safely in 2021 and 2022."
Big brother Alfredo tipped the scales at 2.75kg while the baby of the family, Aylin, was a healthy 2.66kg.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that around 120,000 twins are born every year in the United States, representing roughly 3 per cent of births.
