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Seeing Double: 11 Sets Of Twins Graduate From One High School In Bergen County
Eleven sets of twins graduated from a high school in one Bergen County town this week. They even have their own yearbook page.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Eleven sets of twins were poised this week to graduate from a regional high school at the tip of New Jersey that draws from several Bergen County towns.
Pairs of twins from Ho-Ho-Kus, Allendale, and Upper Saddle River were set to graduate from Northern Highlands High School, based in Allendale, on Thursday.
The twins told ABC News that growing up in different towns, they didn't realize there were so many twins in their area, until they came together in high school.
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Approximately 31.1 of every 1,000 births in the U.S. are twins, according to Forbes, or around 3 out every 100 births.
But there is a twins community in Bergen County. There's even a "Twins' Mothers Club of Bergen County" on Facebook.
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Graduation ceremonies were scheduled for Thursday, June 22. Find out more about Northern Highlands High School here.
Find out more about the twins on ABC here.
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