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Mum defies odds by having two Christmas babies- five years apart

Every once in a while you get a baby that completely blows all statistics out of the water. 

One such baby is Felix Davenport, born on Christmas day. 

However, being a Christmas baby is not what makes Felix so special.

It is his sister, who was also born on Christmas day, five years ago. 

According to statistics, babies are 20% less likely to be born on Christmas day than on any other holiday.

As his sister already beat those odds, it means that Felix had a roughly one in 133,000 chance of being born on Christmas day.

To make things even weirder (as if that was possible), both babies were premature and due in January. 

Speaking to local media, his mother Tesla Davenport said that neither babies were planned, making the coincidence even stranger. 

From Oklahoma, Tesla said that she "couldn't have asked for better Christmas presents”. 

His sister, Hamyah, was delighted with the new arrival: 

"She got her birthday present and her Christmas present all at once,” Davenport said. "I think she's happy and excited about just having a little brother."

The family were packing to go to family for the holiday when Tesla's waters broke: 

"I looked at my husband and was like, 'Eh, I don't think we're going to make it. I think we need to go to the hospital.

My grandma was like, 'Oh, you've got to be kidding me.'"

Crazy, right?! 

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