'Gleesome Threesome' beat the odds

So-called 'Normal" Distribution   (Public Domain)

A professor of mine used to say, “Statistics don’t lie, but liars use statistics.”  Not to say that anyone’s intentionally lying in this case, but it just goes to show that probabilities aren’t prophecies.

Spouses Luke and Hillary Gardner share the

exact same birthday.  The odds of this occurring are slim enough.  But when son Luke was born that same day, the coincidence seemed miraculous.

Statisticians claim that the odds of this happening “are about one in 133,000…  a lot less likely than getting hit by lightning…”  Yet nature may have been nudged a bit by parental intentions.  On their joint birthday eve, Luke and Hillary tried to hasten the baby’s arrival with a bit of exercise.

Lo and behold, along came son Cade the very next day - “exactly 27 years after his parents’ birthdate.”

Resources

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/13/what-are-odds-mom-dad-son-all-share-birthday.html

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