Kimberly Alarcon, 37, welcomed her third set of fraternal twins on Monday at a hospital in New York. The odds of this occurrence is 1 in 200,000.
Baby Kenzy and baby Kenzley were discharged on Thursday to join their 8 siblings; Brittney, 17, Sarah, 13, Hunter, 10, Zachary, 6, Zoey, 6, Olivia, 4, Oliver, 4, and King, 3.
“Our home is full of love,” Alarcon said. “We have good days, we have bad days, just like any other family. We just take it one day at a time.”
The father, John Alarcon, grew up with one brother and sister and always wanted a large family. Kimberly, however, grew up in a large family with 18 siblings. Her mother had 10 biological children and adopted 8 more.
“Having a packed house is normal for me,” Kimberly explained. “Not only were there 18 of us, but then we also had our friends coming over. Sometimes we had 30 kids over at once.”
Being over the age of 35 and having a higher BMI are two factors that can increase the chance of having twins without fertility drugs. Kimberly also has a history of twins on her mother’s side which played a factor.
“But three sets of twins back-to-back without medication or any intervention is highly unusual,” Dr. Angela Silber, chief of maternal fetal medicine at Westchester Medical Center, explained. “It’s pretty incredible.”
