Cousins born hours apart in neighboring rooms at CCMH

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Some may share the same birthday as their cousin, but rarely are they born on the same day, in the same hospital, right next door to one another.

“Their delivery room was right across the wall from mine,” shared Andrew Petro, father of newborn Olivia. “I could knock on the wall and be like, ‘Hey, y’all doing okay in there?’”

Now, only a single room separates the newborns as their mothers recover with support from brothers Andrew and Heath Petro.

Mikaela Petro, the mother of Tazzlynn, says the process was definitely unique.

“My cousin was even with us and she was watching her monitor for us, then we had my brother-in-law watching my monitor while his woman was in labor, so it was kind of a neat process getting to watch each other have our kids,” Mikaela said.

Stephanie Duncan, mother of Olivia Petro says she was excited to share this with he sister-in-law.

“Yeah, definitely excited, it don’t happen very often, so it’s something that we get to share as a family,” Stephanie shared. “I don’t know if they’re gonna like it when they’re older, but we’ll see.”

If there’s anyone more excited than the parents, it’s grandmother Lynn Petro who says this event will form bonds before they even leave the hospital.

“It’ll be like sisters, I mean I know they’re cousins, but sharing the same birthday, you know. We’re a close-knit family so it’s going to be awesome,” Lynn exclaimed.