What are the chances of that! Son, father and grandfather all born on same day



A family has defied the odds to have a son, father and grandfather all born on the same day.

When Benjamin Fox arrived in the world on May 8 he shared the same birthday as not only his father Lee but also his grandfather Harry.

Bookmakers have worked out the odds of three generations of the same family all having boys born on the same day as 272,910 to one.

Harry his son Lee and Lee's baby son Benjamin who all share the same birthday - May 8. Bookmakers calculated the odds of it happening as 272,910 to one

David Williams a spokesman for Ladbrokes said: "It's an incredibly rare thing to happen. If the family had put a bet on it before Benjamin was born they would be very rich now."



Benjamin's proud dad Lee, 35, a insulation engineer from Romford, Essex, said he was stunned when a midwife revealed at three months that his baby was expected to be born on his birthday of May 8.

He said: "When they did the scan and the measurements and worked out the baby would be born on May 8 I just said 'No way, that's my birthday and my dad's too'.

"We were told first babies rarely arrive on their due day, they can be early and late so we never thought for a moment that the baby would be born on mine and my dad's birthday."



His 33-year-old partner Lisa Baker, who works for a city bank, was rushed into King George's Hospital in Ilford was in labour for 36 hours before baby Benjamin arrived weighing in at a health 7lb 2oz.

She said: "I was in labour for 36 hours, we joked that he was holding on so he could be born on May 8.

"The staff were all brilliant and were so pleased for us." Lee added: "We didn't know we were having a boy so it was such a lovely surprise and it was even more special that he shares mine and my dad's birthday too.

"He really was the best birthday present ever. When Benjamin get's older I think it will be worth having a bet that he will have a son born on May 8." Benajamin's dad Lee was born on May 8 1975 weighing 7lb 12oz and his grandfather was born on May 8 1949 weighing 7lb 2oz.

Proud grandfather Harry Fox, 61, a retired contractor who lives with his wife Janet, 65, added: "The odds of one family having boys all born on the same day must be very long.

"It was lovely when Lee was born on my birthday. I thought that was a coincidence but I was on the golf course when I was told out Benjamin had been born on my birthday too, it's absolutely incredible.

"We are going to have some brilliant birthday parties in the future."

