FIND buying presents and organising birthday parties for your kids stressful?
Imagine having four kids born on the same day.
This is the reality for parents Zoe and Ben Sullivan, who had two sets of twins born on exactly the same day.
The couple shared the revelation via a video posted to their TikTok channel, @the.sullivan.fam, where they often post insights into what life is like for their big family (they have 12 kids in total).
The Scottish mum and dad had their first set of twins on the 25th of January 2008.
Charlotte and Isabelle and non-identical (dizygotic) twins, meaning they came from two separate fertilised eggs.
Non-identical twins are no more alike than other sets of twins.
In 2016, the couple had another set of twin girls, Erin and Leah, who are identical (diamniotic monochorinic), meaning they came from the fertilised egg that split in two.
Identical twins are always the same sex, whereas non-identical twins can be different sexes.
Leah and Erin were due to be born in April, but were born by emergency c-section 10 weeks premature, meaning that they came into the world on January 25th, on the exact same day as their sisters, but eight years later.
Zoe and Ben said they are very “lucky” and “blessed” to have their two sets of twins, who are now 15 and 7.
As well as the twins, the couple are also parents to 10 other children, ranging in age from 17 to 1.
They have said that they would love to have more children and grow their family even further.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments section to share their thoughts on the family’s miracle sets of twins.
One user said: “You just manage to recover from Christmas then bam you’ve got 4 birthdays on the same day.”
Another user said: “Adorable, how amazing they share their birthday with their big sisters.”
A third user added: “You know what’s cute? The fact that they got twin baby sisters for their birthday.”
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