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In an unlikely coincidence, three Irish sisters gave birth on
the same day at the same hospital. And what’s more
remarkable is that their fourth sister was expected to give
birth sometime soon after her 3 sisters! Mairead
Fitzpatrick and her sisters Joeline Godfrey and Bernie
Ward all gave birth at Mayo General Hospital in
Castlebar on Tuesday.
While the siblings were given close due dates, they never
expected their babies to share the same birthday.
“We never thought it would all happen on
the one day,” says Fitzpatrick, who gave
birth to her son first at 3:25 a.m. The new
mom named him Thomás Óg.
At 11 a.m, Joeline welcomed her daughter, Sorcha, via
C-section, and finally around 8:30 p.m., Bernie gave birth
to her son Phelim.
“The two girls that delivered my little boy
delivered Bernie’s boy as well,” Fitzpatrick
said. “So two women delivered two cousins
in 24 hours.”
The hospital staff was just as surprised by the remarkable
coincidence as the sisters were.
“We’re all talking about it… the fact that we
have four sisters in and it’s never
happened, as far as we know anyway,
going back some time,” said maternity
manager Mary Salmon.
Christina Murray, the fourth sister, is now waiting for her
little one to arrive. Her due date was on August 30.
“It was just so funny the way it happened
really,” Fitzpatrick said. “It was my first,
Joeline’s second and Bernie’s third and it’ll
be Christina’s fourth.”
Source: The Irish Mirror
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