Detroit twins born on different days, months, years
Tarrance Kyle Griffin Jr. was born last year. He’s healthy and well, and probably happy that his little brother was born this year—a New Year’s baby. The funny thing is, they’re twins! Little Tarrance was born at 11:51 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, while his brother Tariq didn’t emerge for another 26 minutes.
That means they have birthdays on different days, different months, and different years! “It was a shock!” said their mom, Tangernika Woods. She had hoped the boys would be born on January 1, but conceded that this just proves the fraternal twins have a mind of their own.
And having a separate identity is an issue for some twins. Tarrance Sr., the boys’ dad, understands this well, as he is also a twin. So Dad is happy for the arrangement. “All I can say is they have their separate birthdays now, you know?”
The boys weighed in at a healthy 5 pounds 7 ounces, and 5 pounds 15 ounces. Born near Detroit, Michigan, the babies will go home this weekend. They will join siblings aged 7 years and 11 months.
I wrote about twins in my last post, saying how fascinating they are to me. With apologies to all the world’s twins and their parents, here I am again! This is the kind of scenario I fantasized about when I was a kid. I always wanted a twin sister, and even pretended sometimes (when I met someone new) that I did. I can imagine how much fun it would be to have a story like this. And considering they have a brother only 11 months older, maybe they can even play triplets.
At any rate, best wishes to the Woods family. God bless your new little babies. Have fun—and try to get some rest.
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