American woman gives birth to one in 2021, the other in 2022
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
An American woman did her own cross over into the new year with triple joy. She gave birth. She gave birth to twins. She gave birth in a very rare occurrence of one twin being born in one year and the other the following year.
Fatima Madrigal gave birth to twins who were born just 15 minutes apart between December 2021 and January 2022 at Navidad Medical Center in Salinas, California.
The twins, a boy and a girl, were born on different days, in different months, and different years.
“They are my engines to keep going, and they are the ones that give me the strength to keep going every day,” Madrigal said in an interview on Hoy Dia, a morning show on Spanish language Telemundo, as reported by NBC.
Madrigal and her husband Robert Trujillo ended 2021 and began 2022 with the first set of twins on either side of their immediate family.
“That’s also what my family is surprised about,” she said, “because no one has twins, neither from their dad’s side nor from on my side.”
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One chance in 2m
Alfredo Antonio Trujillo was born at 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2021. Fifteen minutes later, his twin sister, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, was born at 12 a.m. on January 1, 2022.
Aylin was the first baby born at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, California, and the first baby to be delivered in the new year in Monterey County, the hospital said.
“I was surprised and happy that she arrived at midnight,” Madrigal said. Alfredo weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce; his sister weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces.
“It’s crazy to me that they are twins and have different birthdays,” she added.
The chance of twins’ being born in separate years is 1 in 2 million, the hospital said in a statement.
The twins went home to join three other siblings who were also born in the same hospital – but without the trending headlines over their new siblings’ unique births.
“This was definitely one of the most memorable deliveries of my career,” said Dr. Ana Abril Arias, a family doctor at Natividad Medical Group.
“It was an absolute pleasure to help these little ones arrive here safely in 2021 and 2022. What an amazing way to start the new year!”
