Birthday coincidences...

[Wahine]

I recall reading somewhere, that if you put any 27 random people in a room (I think 27 is the number), 2 people will share the same birthday.

Both my mother and my BIL have Sept. 9 b'days.

DH and I share a sad date, too....both of our dads died on Oct. 24th, 3 years apart.

Yup, it's 26 or 27 I can't remember which. And the probability is greater than 95%. And that's just random chance. Birthdays in families are not totally random, they are affected by custom, sometimes intentionally in cultures that put a lot of stock in numerology but also subconsciously. My self and all 4 of my siblings have birthdays close together. My parents always told up that it was because of all the Christmas parties. We were all born in late Sept/early Oct.

[emily_in_nc]

Yup, it's 26 or 27 I can't remember which. And the probability is greater than 95%. And that's just random chance. Birthdays in families are not totally random, they are affected by custom, sometimes intentionally in cultures that put a lot of stock in numerology but also subconsciously. My self and all 4 of my siblings have birthdays close together. My parents always told up that it was because of all the Christmas parties. We were all born in late Sept/early Oct.

Yes, it's strange. My family was heavy on April and Dec. birthdays, and I married into a family with the same tendencies. Both my step-parents follow the same trend too. Here are the b-days:

FIL - April 3
Me - April 7
Nephew - April 13
BIL - April 15
Brother - April 20

DH - Dec. 3
Father - Dec. 7
Step-father - Dec. 12
Step-mom - Dec. 14

It's not everyone in the family (my Mom's b-day is Nov. 2, and MIL's is Jan. 6), but it's enough to make April and Dec. very busy and festive!

Emily