They entered this world together — and now it’s ’til death do them part.
James Barsby and Amy Gaffney were born just 5 and a half hours apart at the same hospital in England 23 years ago and would go on to become partners for life in the craziest of coincidences, according to the Mirror.
Their parents even met at a prenatal class before the pair — who are both twins — was born at Queen’s Park Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Barsby and Gaffney grew up only a few miles part in Clitheroe but only knew of each other as school acquaintances, according to the report. Their chemistry developed — in a science class of all places — during their freshman year of high school.
The duo made their relationship official in 2011 and did not let going to separate colleges get in the way.
“I was in Lancaster and James was in Manchester,” Gaffney said. “It’s only an hour on the train, it was nothing really. Not a weekend went by that we didn’t spend together. We both applied for medicine degrees, we both got into [university] and we both passed.”
“What are the chances of that?” Barsby said.
“On the first day of school, our parents said to us both, ‘The other sets of twins will be starting today,'” he added. “Whenever I saw Amy around school, I thought, ‘There’s that other twin.'”
The duo tied the knot at St. Peter’s Church only days before Barsby graduated from Manchester Medical School and Gaffney graduated from Lancaster University.
The groom’s twin brother Christian was the best man with their other brother Oliver, while his blushing bride’s twin brother William served as an usher.
The couple traveled to Slovenia for their honeymoon and are about to begin as junior doctors at the same National Health Service trust.
Gaffney said her and Barsby’s love story makes their relationship “extra special.”
“It makes it more like it was just meant to be. I wouldn’t have it any other way, even if it means I can’t have my own birthday,” she told the Mirror. “Growing up, we’ve always shared our birthday with our twin brothers, now we share it with each other.”