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My sister and I were both born in 2008 but we aren't twins – peoples jaws drops when they find out how our age gap works
Plus, the small amount of people who experience the same thing
TWINCREDIBLE My sister and I were both born in 2008 but we aren't twins – peoples jaws drops when they find out how our age gap works
A TEEN has left people scratching their heads by saying her and her sister were both born in 2008 but aren't twins.
TikTok user @amber_andjade said how she often tells people that there is a small age gap between her and her sibling.
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A TikTok user shared how people are amazed at how close her and her sister are in age
Credit: tiktok/@amber_andjade_
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Both her and her sister were born in 2008
Credit: tiktok/@amber_andjade_
However, when people guess that it's around two years, she tells them it is even smaller than that.
In a clip on TikTok, she posted: 'Jan 2008 and Dec 2008."
One person replied to the video asking: 'How is that even possible…'
However, people were quick to explain: 'Her mother got pregnant 3 or 2 months after she was born."
The social media user said that they are in the same class at school due to their close age.
Others pointed out that she's an 'Irish twin', which is a term often given to babies born less than 12 months apart.
The term Irish twins was initially used as a derogatory term aimed at Irish-Catholics who emigrated to America.
As Catholics do not believe in contraception, Irish families were often large, with children born close together in age.
One person shared: 'damn mom didn't get a chance to relax.'
Another added: 'Your father was so impatient.'
I'm my own TWIN - I have two sets of DNA, two blood types & different skin tone
A third commented: 'mom really said 'wow let's do that again'.'
We previously shared about one mum who got pregnant three weeks after giving birth.
Jemma McCullough shared details of her unconventional family situation via a video posted to her TikTok channel.
Jemma gave birth to a daughter just 10 months after her son was born.
In the UK, the average age gap between siblings is around two years and two months.
Only a small percentage of pregnancies occur within 12 months of a previous birth.
A US-based study found that about 0.2 per cent of women gave birth twice within the same calendar year.
