DOB year is the same for 3 children
I am researching someone whose DOB is in 1848. Two other sisters are the same birth year. The mother would have been 63 years old. There were teenage sisters in the large family… possible three different moms? Triplets? Anyway to find out?
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@JonnaShutowick If you could share the PIDs (profile identifying numbers) for the family, it might be easier for someone to help.
My first thought is that the date might have been taken from a baptism, rather than from a birth record, in that early time.
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My second thought is how large is large? If you're taking the family at face value based on the Family Search Tree, and not your own methodical research, it's possible there has been an erroneous merge or two (or similar) at some point and these three alleged sisters don't actually all belong to the same family (or possibly, relationship structure), particularly given the age of the alleged mother. Have you inspected the change logs?
Looking for the family in census records and locating baptism/birth records for all three sisters will help in untangling your quandary. Marriage records will also help. Do the sisters have any sources attached and, if so, are there unifying details across all three? if yes, are the details circumstantial or definitive?
For the most thorough and accurate results you would ideally carry out this research across all siblings and parents within this family unit, as there can be details in lateral research which provide clues to relationships, for example, witnesses on marriage records.
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