A COUPLE believe they were destined to wed — as they have consecutive birth certificate numbers.
Chris and Julia Miles said they could not believe their eyes when they spotted the coincidence eight years into their marriage.
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Chris and Julia Miles are convinced they were meant to be after discovering their birth certificates have consecutive numbers[/caption]
The numbers on the birth certificate suggest both sets of parents must have been at the register office at the same time on February 27, 1975[/caption]
The couple’s moment of ‘destiny’ at their wedding in 2002[/caption]
They put the paperwork side-by-side and saw Chris’s number was 081419, and Julia’s 081420.
It meant their parents must have been at the register office at the same time on February 27, 1975.
Electrician Chris said: “When we saw the certificates I was like, ‘Bloody hell!’. It shows it was fate from the day we were born.
“We believe this is totally unique to the world. We will have been next to each other in the registry office waiting room.”
Both were born at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital — Julie on February 23, 1975, and Chris on the 26th.
“Eighteen years later their paths crossed again when they fell in love at first sight at an Oxford pub.
They bought a home together in 1999, wed in 2002 and have sons Ben, 20, and Harry, 14.
They clocked the certificate coincidence when sorting paperwork in 2010.
Today, the couple, who still live in Oxford, are holding a huge party for their 50th birthdays.
Chris added: “We’ll take the certificates to display on the way in.
“Our parents don’t remember seeing each other when they registered us, but they must have been sat together in the waiting room, and in front of the same registrar. It’s just bonkers.”
