Birthday coincidences

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There are a couple of different coincidences within our family that I think are quite interesting. Firstly my mum and her brother were both born on the 19th of the month and my sister and I are both born on the 28th of the month albeit different months. My mum is 8 years older than her brother and I am 6 years and 6 months older than my sister. The second coincidence is that myself, my sister and my nephew were all born 16 minutes in the hour. I was born 16 minutes to 4 in the afternoon, my sister was born at 16 minutes to 9 in the morning and my nephew, whose birth I was there for, was born at 16 minutes past 11 at night.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:08:44 +0000Coincidence ID:5262