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As twins we've always done everything together - and we'll be giving birth on same day too

Charlotte and Kirsty Ford not only have the usual extraordinarily close bond you’d expect from identical twins – but they share a string of astonishing coincidences too.

The sisters said their first words and took their first steps within minutes of each other. They got their first teeth on the same day, were always identical heights and even started their periods within 20 minutes of each other.

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