A couple met on Tinder dating site and discovered they were born on the same day in the same hospital. They have now gotten married and believe that their meeting and wedding was fate.
Jamie Frantz Burkett and Anthony Burkett, both 25, got married on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The couple went on their first date back in 2015 after meeting on Tinder and exchanging phone numbers. While on the date, they discovered that apart from being born on the same day, in the same hospital, they were both left-handed.
It all started when Anthony sent a text to Jamie and his email also popped up on her screen, which ended with the numbers 11493, the same date as Jamie’s birthday. Jamie, who was born on January 14, 1993, noticed the numbers and asked if that was his birthday. Anthony said it was, to Jamie's delight. She then asked him where he was born and he said East Jefferson hospital. This time, Jamie was left in shock because it was also the hospital where she was born.
Anthony, from Loranger, Louisiana, USA, entered the world at 11.35am and Jamie, from Nandeville, was born later that day at 6pm. The couple said the act of fate prompted them to go on their first date where they also discovered they were both left-handed. They later told their parents about the coincidence and their parents were blown away.Jamie said: "We had been chatting on Tinder for a week or two and we exchanged numbers. Sometimes when you get a text a person’s email comes up and I noticed Anthony’s email finished with the numbers 11493, which is my birthday.
"I was really curious to see if we had the same birthday, so I asked and he said, 'That’s my birthday too!' It was really surreal. We’re from towns that are about 20 miles apart, so I asked him what hospital he was born in and he said East Jefferson. I said, 'No way! That’s where I was born too.'
"The connection definitely pushed me to meet him and we agreed to go on a date. It was a really great first date, the time just flew by. But while we were having dinner I realized that he was holding his fork in his left hand like me.
"As well as being born on the same day in the same hospital, we are both left-handed too."
Anthony added: "It’s a heck of a situation to find yourself in. When we figured it out it was really surreal."The couple said their parents could not believe the coincidence and desperately tried to recall one another.
Jamie said: "Our parents were blown away when we told them. Everybody was trying to remember if they saw one another that day. Anthony and I were probably in the nursery together."
"The first birthday we celebrated as a couple was so exciting. I grew up with twin brothers and I was always a little bit jealous they got to share their birthday, so now I have my chance."
Jamie and Anthony, who are totally head over heels for one another, got married last month in their local church Our Lady Of the Lakes. They believe that fate has brought them together – and can’t wait to begin their life together when they return from their honeymoon in Barbados.
Jamie said: "We’re Christian and we really feel like there is an element of fate at work. I don’t believe it was just a coincidence."
Anthony added: "When I was chatting to Jamie on Tinder I realized she was such a sweet, gentle person and that was really endearing to me. It does feel like fate. Everything kind of aligned, it’s really remarkable."
