‘Miracle Twins’ Born 87 Days Apart In Ireland Could Break Guinness World Record

 The story of a set of twins born 87 days apart may now be heading for the record books.
Today, Amy and Katie are adorable and healthy babies living in Waterford, Ireland, with mother Maria Jones-Elliot, father Chris Elliot and siblings Olivia and Jack.
Maria Jones Water broke at 23weeks into her pregnancy and Amy was born on June 1, 2012. Four months premature, she weighed a little more than one pound.
While ”Amy was fighting for her life in an incubator , Katie was struggling to survive in the mother’s womb. After a life threatening struggle, doctors induced Maria Jones-Elliot on August 27, 2012;  during her 36th week of pregnancy and  in about an hour, Katie (second twin) emerged- making it 87days apart from their births.


For this feat, the twins’ birth may enter the Guinness World Record for “Longest Interval Between Birth”, reports says.

Meanwhile , the Guinness World Records spokesman Damian Field in his email to Ireland Posts wrote that he could “confirm that Maria Jones-Elliott and her husband Chris Elliot have been in contact with Guinness World Records. If their claim of 87 days between the birth of their twins is substantiated then they will break the Guinness World Record title for Longest interval between birth of twins. We currently await their evidence.”
The current record holder is Peggy Lynn of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, according to Field. Lynn gave birth to daughter Hanna and son Eric 84 days apart between 1995 and 1996.