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Newborn babies named Romeo and Juliet born hours apart in S.C.

Mary Bowerman
USA TODAY Network
Romeo and Juliet's parents found out about the sweet coincidence from Coastal Carolina Hospital’s resident photographer, Cassie Clayshulte.

Two babies named Romeo and Juliet were born hours apart at a hospital in South Carolina earlier this week.

The parents, who didn't know each other before, found out about the sweet coincidence from Coastal Carolina Hospital’s resident photographer, Cassie Clayshulte, CBS reported. 

“It was just a coincidence. They were both actually scheduled to be induced on March 26, but they both came early which is so neat,” Clayshulte told CBS News. “It just shows even more that it’s fate — they just happened to be in the room next to each other.”

Clayshulte posted photos of “star-crossed babies” on Facebook Monday. In the post, she said the parents picked the names early on in their pregnancies.

"Sunday afternoon in Bluffton, S.C., at 2:06 p.m., Morgan and Edwin Hernandez welcomed their baby into the world and named him Romeo," Clayshulte said in the post. "18 hours and 8 minutes later, in the next room, Christiana and Allan Shifflett welcomed a baby girl and named her... that's right.....Juliet!"

Clayshulte, of Cassie Clayshulte Photography,  said she hopes to photograph Romeo and Juliet together again.

“We’ve already made jokes they need an arranged marriage,” Clayshulte said. “I had told them that if they want to book me now as their wedding photographer, they could do that.”

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