COUSINS IN MICHIGAN ARE ALL

CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS

TODAY--IT'S A COINCIDENCE THEY

SAY THEY'RE EXTREMELY THANKFUL

FOR.NEWS 8'S DANA WHYTE IS

LIVE IN OUR STUDIO WITH THE

STORY.DANA?

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WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF BEING

BORN ON LEAP DAY?WELL --

ACCORDING TO THE MATH --

THAT'S ONE IN ONE

THOUSAND-FOUR HUNDRED-AND

SIXTY ONE.AND FOR THESE THREE

COUSINS -- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

HAPPENED TO THEM

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7:21:56ááNATS OF LAUGHINGáá

7:17:58MARTIN: "WE WERE KIND

OF PLANNED TO BE YOU KNOW BACK

THEN THEY HAD CHILD'S

TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT THE

FAMILIES DID, THEY PLANNED

STUFF, BUT IT WASN'T PLANNED

TO HAVE IT ON THAT DAY."ON

FEBRUARY 29TH -- 1972 -- DAWN

HOPKINS WAS BORN -- AND

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THEN JUST A FEW HOURS LATER --

SO WAS HER COUSIN -- MARTIN.

7:16:38MARTIN: "I WAS ALMOST

BORN IN THE ELEVATOR AND I WAS

RUSHED RIGHT IN AND BORN LIKE

AT RIGHT IN AND BORN LIKE AT

12:30"BUT.... THE FAMILY STILL

HAD ROOM FOR ONE MORE LEAP DAY

BABY...BRANDY.7:18:20BRANDY:

"THEN 12 YEARS LATER I JUST

SHOWED UP ON THE SAME DAY."

7:17:40DAWN: "HIS DAD WOULD BE

MY MOM'S UNCLE THEN HER MOM

WOULD BE MY MOM'S COUSIN."

7:23:45ááNAT: HM, REMEMBER

THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING

THAT ONE. WHO IS THAT? THAT'S

MEááEVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BORN

DECADES AGO...7:20:20BRANDY:

"I'M TURNING NINE. I'VE ONLY

HAD NINE BIRTHDAYS." MARTIN:

"AND I'VE ONLY HAD 12." DAWN:

"AND ME ALSO." MARTIN: "YUP SO

THAT REPRESENTS HOW ONLY WE

ARE TODAY."SO...WHEN DO THEY

CELEBRATE WHEN IT'S NOT A LEAP

YEAR?7:21:08MARTIN: "I

CELEBRATE ON THE 28TH, YOU?"

BRANDY: "I DO A WHOLE BIRTHDAY

WEEKEND, THAT'S WHAT I DO."

DAWN: "YEAH ME TOO, GOT TO

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. áLAUGHSá"

AND THESE THREE SAY WHILE

THEY'RE ONLY TURNING A TOTAL

OF 33 YEARS-OLD TOGETHER --

THE ACTUALLY BIRTHDAYS THEY DO

HAVE ARE PRICELESS.7:20:13

DAWN: "HAVING COUSINS TO

CELEBRATE ON THE SAME DAY IS

FUN."

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BRANDY, MARTIN,

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AND DAWN ALSO TOLD ME THAT IS

THE FIRST YEAR THEY'VE ALL

GOTTEN TOGETHER FOR THEIR

BIRTHDAYS IN A WHILE --SO

THEY'RE EXCITED TO MAKE EVEN

MORE MEMORIES.(CHAT)

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JUSTIN:..