Friday, December 3, 2010

What Are the Odds?

Unless you're a twin, the odds that you'll share a birthday with a member of your family are pretty low. And the chances of falling in love with someone born on the same day as you and then having a child also born on that same day are really astronomical: about 1 in 133,225.

However, a couple in St. Paul, Minn., recently beat the odds and got the birthday present of a lifetime in the process.

That's because the two had a little baby boy on Nov. 24 -- which just happens to be both of their birthdays.

Jamal White celebrated his 21st birthday not in a bar but in a hospital, while his wife, Tiara, celebrated her 22nd by giving birth to their first child, Jamal White Jr.

They weren't planning on their birthdays being an actual "birth day" for Jamal Jr., who weighed in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces, when he was born. In fact, at first they didn't want him to be born that day, Tiara says.

"We actually wanted him to be born on the 23rd or 25th," Tiara told AOL News. "That way, he wouldn't have to share his birthday."



That's not all: Tiara's last name was "White" even before she got together with Jamal -- which she didn't quite believe when they met.

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