DENTON, Texas -- Annie Jo Scott and Effie Rose Scott are newborn twin sisters who will forever have a unique birth story to tell. The fraternal twin sisters were born on different days in different years. Annie Jo was born at 11:55 p.m., on Dec. 31, 2022, according to her mom Kali Scott.
Sisters Annie and Effie Scott were born on New Year's Eve 2022 and New Year's Day 2023, respectively. Kali Scott's twin daughters were born six minutes apart on New Years Eve into New Years Day.
The first twin, Annie Jo, was the final baby to be born at hospital in 2022, while her sister, Effie Rose, was the first baby to be born there in 2023. Despite being born only a few minutes apart, the babies were born in different years.
It's called superfetation. The result is two fetuses who are developmentally at different stages of growth because they were conceived separately. For context, there have only been about 10 confirmed cases of superfetation twins. Though they are gestationally different ages, they tend to be born together.
Twins with different birthdays are rare, and the chance of twins being born in different years is 1 in 2 million, according to the news release by Natividad. Though the incident is rare, it's not the first time twins have been born in separate years.
Medically, this 7-year defect is very rare. Twins are typically born with a bit of a delay — a few minutes to a few hours. Some even have separate birthdays, due to being born just before and just after midnight.
There are cases of twins born in different years. In Texas, twins were born only one minute apart, but in different years, delivered by C-section as the last baby of 2013 and the first baby of 2014. A similar situation occurred as 2015 changed to 2016 in San Diego with fraternal twins.
Yes, you read that right. Twins (non-identical) can be born at completely different times, sometimes even years apart.
Subsequently, Maria was induced in the hospital at 36 weeks and she gave birth to Katie, who weighed 5 lb, 10 oz. Hence, the total interval of time between the two twins was Eighty Seven (87) days which is an absolute medical miracle as both the babies and the mother are healthy and safe.
Superfecundation is the fertilization of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse, which can lead to twin babies from two separate biological fathers.
Fraternal twins, also called dizygotic twins, develop when two sperm fertilize two eggs separately — often because a mother has released two eggs at the same time during ovulation.
Monoamniotic-monochorionic Twins
This is the rarest type of twin, and it means a riskier pregnancy as the babies can get tangled in their own umbilical cords. If you have monoamniotic-monochorionic twins, your healthcare provider will monitor your pregnancy closely.
Fraternal twins live longer than singletons and identical twins longer still. Male identical twins on average, saw the most benefit. The rarity of twins has inspired many myths about them.
It's technically possible for two siblings to be as close as 9 or 10 months apart. After your pregnancy comes to an end, you'll start ovulating again before you have your first postpartum period.
While the typical definition of Irish twins is two children spaced 12 or fewer months apart, people do sometimes use the term more loosely to include children born 13, 14, or more months apart, particularly if the children end up in the same grade in school.
Irish twins is the term for siblings born in the same calendar year or within 12 months of each other.
The median twin-to-twin delivery interval time was 19 min (range 2–399 min) and 68% of all second twins were delivered within 30 min. Primary outcome occurred in 2.6% of the second twins.
For twins Amy and Katie were incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy – but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now become a Guinness World Record for the “longest interval between the birth of twins”.
The term “Irish twins” refers to siblings who are born within 12 months of one another. This is especially true for children born in the same calendar year, or children who would be in the same grade of school. However, children born within 18 months of one another are still often referred to as Irish Twins.
Despite their seven-year age gap, the three siblings are officially considered triplets. This is because they were conceived at the same time, using the same batch of eggs and sperm.
Such a long interval between twins is rare, but not unheard of. (The world record — twins born 87 days apart — was set in 2012). But it's not just the separate birthdays that set these twins apart — it's the fact that each one gestated in a separate womb.
I had no idea it was even possible to have twins born in different months. For the record, The Guinness Book of World Records says that the longest amount of time between the birth of twins is 90 whole days!