Photo / SuppliedWhen Hyran Smith found out his daughter was pregnant with triplets, he could not help but think of his other daughter who died a few years ago giving birth to her own set of triplets. Younger daughter Merekete McCabe, 34, is the same age her sister was when she died. The Magaoa triplets with their young cousins, the McCabe triplets. When the triplets met their triplet cousinsDescribing the first time the older triplets got to meet their cousins, he said the connection was instant. Smith said he often thought of daughter Chervonne and his late wife Barbara Jean, who died in 2014.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 03, 2021 21:11 UTC