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If one is born sometime before midnight and one after they have different birthdays.

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

The two most extreme time zones are 26 hours apart, so it's possible to have a twin born an hour after the other with a birthday two days earlier. With a little planning, that is.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 10 points 5 hours ago

On at least two occasions, a woman gave birth to twins right at the end/start of the year, resulting in twins born in different years.

[–] zout@fedia.io 10 points 6 hours ago

They could be a day apart in a leap year!

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 36 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

If twins are born as daylight savings turn over, the twin born chronologically later can have their official time of birth before their older sibling

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

But which one becomes the heir by primogeniture rules?

[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

that's amazing. I'm torrenting this fact for the many parties I'm invited to (0).

[–] remon@ani.social 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 7 points 7 hours ago

Even millennias, though that chance has passed for a while.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 hours ago

According to my googlefu. The longest amount of time between two twins being born is 87 days.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

My husband and his brother were about 20 mins apart because it was a complicated breech birth. It was still on the same day, but it could have been what you are describing.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 9 hours ago

You could also have a delayed birth from one twin to the next. Delayed birth could happen for a load of reasons across various scenarios, but I'm guessing it could run in to several hours at times. It's probably on the rare-ish side, but very possible.