3 generations, 3 sets of twins, one Kansas family

BURDEN, Kan. (KSNW) – Seeing double or, on this case, triple? A Kansas household has realized to giggle when the subject of twins comes up in dialog.

Richard and Robert Tatum, 62, have been born on April 1, 1960, in Burden, Kansas.

“We had lots of enjoyable at school as a result of we regarded lots alike. We truly even performed a prank on our wives sooner or later,” laughed Richard Tatum.

“He’s the oldest one, by the best way. I kicked him out,” Richard chuckled.

The fraternal twins stated they got here as a shock to their dad and mom and prolonged household.

“Grandma in California referred to as again to the hospital to confirm that he (Richard and Robert’s dad) wasn’t pulling an April idiot’s joke on him,” stated Robert Tatum.

Jokes apart, the pair admits they take pleasure in being twins.

They’ve a built-in buddy, somebody to speak in confidence to and luxuriate in life with. The identical might be stated for Richard’s sons, Matt and Josh Tatum, who’re additionally twins.

“Rising up, everyone knew that dad and Bob have been twins, in order that they have been like, ‘There’s one other set of Tatum twins,’” stated Matt Tatum. “I feel it’s fairly just like having a brother, besides it’s higher as a result of they’re the very same age, so every part you have got is in frequent. You’re going by means of every part in life on the identical time.”

“The factor we get on a regular basis is, ‘I do know you’re a Tatum. I don’t know which one you might be or who you belong to, however I do know you’re a Tatum,” stated Josh Tatum.

The “twin-sation” didn’t cease with Matt and Josh, 38. In October 2021, Matt and Josh’s sister, Sarah, gave beginning to twin boys, Case and Caden.

“I used to be not stunned,” laughed Sarah LaGrone. “With the lengthy line of twins in my household, my husband’s mother is definitely a twin, and her uncle is a twin, so we might have been extra stunned if there was just one.”

Not one of the units of twins are an identical, nonetheless, two of the three youthful twins are left-handed. The household stated it’s too early to inform if the identical might be true for Caden, who’s barely youthful than Case.

It appears one other set of twins isn’t out of the query.

“I wouldn’t thoughts extra twins as a result of I like them enjoying with one another and watching them play with one another however possibly later,” LaGrone laughed.