Have you heard of ‘quarternary twins?’
I love it when a story in the news just makes you go, “Huh?” When a story is so crazy unbelievable that you just have to read it again. This would be one of those stories.
This is the story of identical twin sisters who fell in love with and married identical twin brothers. But even that is not the most incredible thing in this story.
Identical twins Briana and Brittany, 35, married identical twins Josh and Jeremy Salyers, 37, and now they’re introducing the world to their babies who are so genetically similar, the cousins are more like brothers.
I’ve heard of identical twins and fraternal twins, but I’ve never heard of “quarternary twins!”
The Salyers are parents to Jett, who turned one in January, and Jax, who will turn one in April, and apparently the cousins share more than the same initials. Their unique situation makes them genetic brothers. Since identical twins share the same DNA, the children of two pairs of identical twins are legally cousins, but genetically are more similar to siblings.
The sisters said they had discussed the possibility of quarternary twins. They were (secretly) hoping that they would have overlapping pregnancies so that this would happen. “We thought it would be really cool,” Briana said. “There’s only 300 quarternary marriages known in the history of the world.”
Briana and Brittany share a joint Instagram page and titled a photo of the baby boys: “Jett and Jax: Cousins, Genetic Brothers, and Quarternary Twins!”
The couples married in a joint ceremony at the 2018 Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. Brittany and Briana met Joshua and Jeremy at the Twins Days Festival the year before and their fairy tale weddings were captured on camera for TLC. Both families live under one roof in Virginia and run a wedding venue site together.
Of course, sharing their interesting story online doesn’t come without negative commentary for the families. “We try to ignore sociopathic stalker comments and just focus on the positive,” Brittany said. “Some people think we are really strange and others think it’s really amazing. We’ve gotten a lot of support and interest, and we’ve been grateful for that.”
As for future babies, the couples are undecided; but, of course, that’s a question that they are frequently asked. These young parents just answer that, with Jett and Jax still so young, they are enjoying each and every special moment!
