New Jersey couple has two sets of identical twins in same birth

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - LeAnn and Stephen Beloyan struggled for more than a decade to start a family. Then just weeks into LeAnn's pregnancy, they discovered they were having not one, but two sets of identical twins.

"We were elated and overwhelmed, and concerned about how we were going to handle all this," Stephen Beloyan, 39, said Saturday, when two of the babies were expected to go home.

Lauren, Sarah, Benjamin and Samuel each were born a minute apart on June 7 by Caesarean section at Capital Health System's Mercer Campus.



http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/07/16/1134806-ap.html

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

1. Wouldn't they just be quadruplets?

Or am I just confused?

[Mutley]

2. They should have played the lottery instead.

"According doctors at Capital Health System, the odds of having two sets of identical twins from the same pregnancy are anywhere from 1 in 8 million to 1 in 25 million."

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. Dipping into the fertility drugs, I'll bet.

Twins aren't uncommon when that stuff is used. But this is downright eerie.

[latebloomer]

4. Must be

Otherwise wouldn't they all be either fraternal or identical? Sounds like it was 2 implanted eggs, each of which split.

Altho I suppose it IS possible that could happen naturally. Interesting. . .