Twins born in different DECADES – and their parents are left ‘speechless’
A PAIR of twins were born 30 minutes apart last week – in different decades.
Dawn Gilliam delivered little Joslyn at 11.37pm on December 31 and brother Jaxon came at 12.07am to help celebrate the arrival of the new year.
This meant one of the twins was born in 2019 and the other at 2020 at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Carmel, Indiana.
“We’re kind of speechless still,” father Jason Tello told reporters on Friday.
The newborns were not due until February, but Gilliam and Tello made a New Year’s eve trip to the hospital due to concern about a lack of fetal movement.
“They were like, ‘You might have to deliver today,’ ” Gilliam told the Indianapolis Star.
Gilliam told reporters that they knew that Joslyn was going to be born first.
“She’s been in position for most of the pregnancy,” she said. “Of course, he was breech. So, it took a while for him to come.”
The couple had a scare around Thanksgiving and feared they might have to deliver then, according to the Star.
There had been concerns about Gilliam’s blood pressure.
Joslyn was born 4 pounds and 11 ounces, and her little brother came into the world at 4 pounds, 5 ounces. Gilliam and Tello also have two boys, 10 and 5, at home.
“Earlier, we talked about it would be great to have them born on different dates,” Tello told reporters. “But here we are with this surprise — different dates, different years. That was definitely interesting for us for sure.”
“I guess it doesn’t click that, ‘Wow! We had two babies.’ I’m like, ‘Wow! There’s actually two,’” Gilliam told WBNS.
Joslyn and Jaxon were both on feeding tubes but were doing well, according to the station. They were expected to join their big brothers at home soon.
Tello said he does not believe the births have sunk in yet.
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“It’s been a ride, that’s for sure,” he said, according to the Star. “It’s been a good ride.”
The couple lives in Pendleton, a small town in Madison County. Tello left his job a few months ago, but is starting his own business.
UNICEF estimated that about 400,000 babies would be born around the world on New Year’s day, including 10,000 in the U.S.