Orlando mom and baby share Leap Day birthday

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Shaneka Hinton's new baby is one in a million — or one in 2.1 million, to be more precise.

Those are the chances of both mother and baby being born on a Leap Day, according to a Tufts University professor who made an estimate for the New York Post.

Christina Raynette Clemente was born Wednesday to Hinton, an Orlando woman who was born on Leap Day 1988. Leap Day, the 29th day of February, comes around once every four years.

"I always wanted my baby to be born on my birthday," said Hinton, who on Wednesday turned 24 – or 6, depending on who's counting.

Christina entered the world at 6 pounds, 7 ounces about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies in Orlando. Hinton's sister, Shadasha Owens, and cousin, Shylita Laide, were with her in the delivery room. The baby's father, Christian Clemente, 24, couldn't be there for the birth because he was working, but he expected to join the family Wednesday evening.

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