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Texas woman delivers 2 sets of identical twins, beating odds of 1 in 70 million

The Associated Press / Times Colonist
February 19, 2013

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Cash Montalvo is shown in the NICU at The Women's Hospital of Texas on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, in Houston. Tessa Montalvo gave birth to two sets of identical twins on Valentine's Day, born at 31 weeks. The arrival of Ace and Blaine then Cash and Dylan a minute later was even more unusual because the Montalvos did not take fertility drugs or use in-vitro fertilization. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer )

HOUSTON - A Texas woman has beaten long odds in delivering two sets of identical twins.

The Houston Chronicle reports Tressa Montalvo delivered her sons on Thursday — Valentine's Day.

The report says the odds of giving such a birth naturally are one in 70 million.

The 36-year-old Montalvo delivered the sets of sons within a minute of each other.

Montalvo says she and her 43-year-old husband, Manuel, planned the pregnancy but didn't use fertility drugs.

In her words, "I guess we just succeeded a little too much."

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