Unusual Birth Date On Twin Graves

[tali1]

I noticed two exactly similar style headstones side by side .2 sisters aged 7 who died 9 days of each other.However , ones DOB is 29/10/84 and the other's states ...27/01/85.That's some 3 months difference.A friend claimed could be different mothers - but both girls dying within 9 days of each other would be a remarkable coincidence

[bednobs]

there is nothing particularly unusual about twins being born some months apart. one twin is very premature, the other one hold s on in the womb/

[tali1]

That is a possibility .But looking online it seems to be a very rare and highly unusual event

[Jackdaw33]

If they were young sisters I would have expected them to be buried in a single grave.

[sherrardk]

Maybe they weren’t sisters but cousins?

[jackthehat]

They could be step-sisters (the term wasn't always used)....

[andres]

Did it say twins or just sisters. One or both could have been adopted ?

[elliemay1]

What was actually written on the headstones?

[tali1]

Ive got a picture but i think it would be best to edit details tbh

[tali1]

picture here (hopefully) https://ibb.co/gRMHGn0

[sherrardk]

I’m still going with cousins or relatives, nothing indicates twins.

[tali1]

Would seem so - and it appears death was due to both suffering an accident/incident rather than illness

[jackthehat]

I'm going for 'twin sisters' with something unusual about their births.

[scorpiojo]

I'm going for two wives..

[jackthehat]

That was my next thought, scorpiojo....

[scorpiojo]

I had a quick look here and could only find one girl listed under uk births

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

[jackthehat]

LoL....That's exactly what I did. :o)
I couldn't find anything for the 1984 birth but the records for the early 80's are a bit hit and miss.

[scorpiojo]

:-)

[NellieMay]

I would think two adopted babies, near in age who died on different days the result of an accident or perhaps a fire, one living just a bit longer.