# My New Niece Was Born on 12/12/12

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 13, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930 "2012-12-13T16:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/1 "2012-12-13T16:28:17Z")

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She came out at 12:14 PM. My sister should have pushed harder. 😛 Still waiting on pics.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/2 "2012-12-13T16:37:59Z")

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Yay!

(You can fudge the time, right?)

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/3 "2012-12-13T16:57:07Z")

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Way cool. I have a sneaking envy for people born on cool or unusual dates.

I’ve always been a little disappointed that our twins missed 29 February 2000 by just a few days… a once-in-400-years date.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/4 "2012-12-13T17:00:06Z")

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Very cool. She was born on a Doomsday.

My oldest niece was born on a Doomeday too. (January 3rd)

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/5 "2012-12-13T17:41:26Z")

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Great…now she will always expect exactly a dozen gifts from each person on her future birthdays!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/6 "2012-12-13T18:16:45Z")

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_Mazel tov!_

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**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/7 "2012-12-13T18:20:12Z")

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> [@NitroPress](#):
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> Way cool. I have a sneaking envy for people born on cool or unusual dates.
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> I’ve always been a little disappointed that our twins missed 29 February 2000 by just a few days… a once-in-400-years date.

This year I got to have 10/11/12. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-niece-was-born-on-12-12-12/643930/8 "2012-12-14T00:03:57Z")

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[Here she is!](https://picasaweb.google.com/110214624331182171798/NewBaby2?authkey=Gv1sRgCKn886u90JPLjQE#5821497645893111298) 8lbs. 6oz. She has chubby cheeks like her mommy did. Her mommy weighed over 11lbs. though, so she was chubby all over.
