To say that Briana and Brittany Salyers are a lot alike would be the understatement of the century. The two sisters, who are both 35, are identical twins who married twin brothers on the same day in Twinsburg, Ohio. (Seriously, their joint wedding was held on the annual Twins Day Festival in 2018.)
But their similarities don’t just end there. Last year, the sisters also became mothers at nearly the same time, when they each welcomed baby boys just a few months apart. And now, thanks to the wonders of genetics, their little ones are more than just first cousins, they’re also technically siblings!
When you consider the timing of it all, it’s pretty remarkable.
But then again, Brittany and Briana have always been pretty in sync.
After all, they both met and fell in love with their husbands — Josh and Jeremy Salyers, 37 — at the same time. And when it came time to tie the knot, they both felt ready to take the next step together. So when it came to having children, it was no surprise they were on the same timeline.
“We were hoping that we would have overlapping pregnancies so that this would happen,” Briana recently told Today Parents. “We thought it would be really cool.”
By *this*, she means having “quaternary twins” — a phenomenon so rare, most people have never even heard of it.
So, when Jett was born in January 2021 and Jax was born that April, they were linked in more ways than one.
Legally, the two kids are cousins. But genetically, they’re basically brothers. (And if you really want to get technical, they’re also kind of twins!)
By now, the Salyers are well aware of how unique their situation is.
Needless to say, the boys will both grow up incredibly close, just like each of their parents did. But even if there was any doubt that their bond wouldn’t be tight, the Salyers have made it pretty impossible for their boys not to be lifelong BFFs.
