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
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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that's amazing. I'm torrenting this fact for the many parties I'm invited to (0).
But which one becomes the heir by primogeniture rules?
In that case you switch to
ultimosuperstes
last survivor
rules.
Or different decades!
Even millennias, though that chance has passed for a while.
I mean they'd be like what, 25 by now?
According to my googlefu. The longest amount of time between two twins being born is 87 days.
They could be a day apart in a leap year!
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.
generally not born simultaneously
I'd say definitely not born simultaneously. Can you imagine?
This is conjoined twin erasure.
Oooh, good point. That'd be a photo finish out the garage door, for sure.
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.
Sounds like a nightmare for insurance purposes, at least here in the states.
Given they tried to claim my identical twin was not my father's child but I was. (Twin cost a lot lot more. I was nicu for a week, they were nicu for a month)
The insurance company did not win that argument.
You claim one twin you claim both your dinguses.
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.