begin >> There’s no stronger bond than the one between two siblings, so imagine how strong it must be between three absolutely identical triplets. When Nicole, Erica, and Jaclyn were born on a cold day in December 1977, their parents couldn’t have been more blessed. It was a blissful day for everyone. The three beautiful newborns were definitely show stoppers and got the attention of the people in their small town in Minnesota. ADVERTISEMENT Everyone wanted to see what these three girls were all about, after all they were a big attraction as well as easy on the eyes. They led a normal childhood and did everything together. They dressed the same, had the same friends and shared the same toys. The most amazing thing about this was that they were totally fine with that. That’s how strong their bond was. The three sisters, who were pretty much inseparable, planned to become nurses one day. It makes sense that they would be so fascinated by science and genetics, as they themselves were a genetic rarity. One day they ran into an ad calling models to audition for famed Playboy magazine. Before they knew it they were featured in the magazine, an opportunity that opened a lot of doors for them, perhaps too many doors. One thing led to another and the triplets were asked to take an ancestry and DNA test to find out about their heritage. The big reveal was planned to take place on the medical talk show The Doctors, a show they were regulars on at this point. Little did they know that the results of the test would change everything they knew about their lives forever. The story of Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn, is not just about family bond, sisterhood, growing up as triplets and doing everything together (including getting pregnant at the same time). It’s about identity. We can’t help but wonder if the three beautiful sisters regret ever taking the DNA test, because maybe there are some things that are better off unknown. However, their story proves that even biology and science cannot harm their special connection. begin >>

Dahm they’re beautiful Meet the Dahm Triplets – Nicola, Erica and Jaclyn. The triplets were born in the order we named them, in case you were wondering; on December 12, 1977. It was a blissful day for their parents as they were gifted with triple the joy. Their family of two turned to a family of five within a day, and boy was it a pretty family. With their gorgeous blonde hair and blue eyes, all three girls were a vision. Having triplets that are not only identical but are also stunning to boot is not something you see every day. As soon as they hit their teens they started gaining the public’s attention.

Tattooed to tell them apart Since it was almost impossible to tell the three of them apart, their confused parents found a creative way to differentiate them from one another. They tattooed each of the girls according to their birth order. Nicole had one dot marked, Erica had two and Jaclyn, who was born third, had no dot tattooed. We can only imagine how hard it must be to tell two twins identical twins apart, so we can’t even imagine how confusing it got with three absolutely indistinguishable girls.

From a small town to the big world The three sisters, who grew up in the small town of Jordan, Minnesota, a town where there was a population of less than 30,000 people. They definitely stood out in the crowd. Let’s just say that in the attention department, they weren’t lacking in any. Everyone knew them, knew who they were, what they looked like and if they haven’t seen them with their own eyes, they have at least heard of them. Soon, the news of the three beautiful girls reached modeling agencies.

You three While growing up, the Dahm triplets did everything together, and we mean EVERYTHING. It almost got to the point where they sometimes questioned their own identity. In an interview with Playboy, Nicole was once quoted saying: ‘We rarely hold our own identity. We were always known as ‘You three’ or ‘The Triplets.’ They wore the same outfits, hung out with the same groups of friends and shared everything but their toothbrushes. While for others this sort of closeness could have been a cause for arguments, for this triplet it was the other way around.

Modeling This probably won’t come as a shocker, but the three girls were soon called in to audition for different modeling agencies. They were a true treasure in the sea of models, it was almost like a gimmick in the industry to have not one, but three gorgeous identical blondes. The three sisters became teen models and and at only 16 were already featured on the cover of the famed ‘Teen Magazine’ after they were chosen as the winners of the Great Model Search. It wasn’t long before the biggest magazine in the world gave them a call.

Three nurses Sure, modeling was a nice gig and probably helped them pay the bills, but it wasn’t their real life passion. They always knew they wanted to do more with their professional lives and fittingly, the three of them had the same dream of going to nursing school. It’s totally understandable why they would want to turn to the field of medicine, after all, they themselves were an ‘unexpected anomaly’ in the best possible way. They enrolled in the University of Minnesota in the hopes that they will become nurses one day. Surprisingly, they noticed a Playboy ad on campus that searched for models to be part of the magazine’s Girls of the Big Ten Special Edition.



Auditioning for Playboy The three girls never imagined in their wildest dreams that applying for that modeling job would change their lives from end to end. When they turned up at the auditions, the casting team for the famous magazine realized they had something amazing standing in front of them. Jaclyn, Nicole, and Erica had to mutually decide whether they would be willing to model nude, and after they thought about it long and hard they found themselves in the centerfold of the magazine, making them the first triplets to ever make it in the prestigious centerfold.

Endless opportunities There’s no doubt that their decision to model with their clothes off for the well-known magazine was one racy one. It was also a decision that was hard for them to make. They didn’t plan to make a career out of modeling, let alone one where they had to take their clothes off. It was also very obvious that they only took the job because it was a joint decision. One of the sisters once said in an interview for the magazine back in 1998 that not one of them ‘would ever have done this as individuals.’ One thing led to another, and that modeling job opened many doors for them, including an unexpected DNA test.

Heading to Hollywood After they were featured in the magazine, the Dahm triplets were offered many job opportunities. In another interview, Erica said that accepting the Playboy offer was a good decision as it turned out that it was what started their lives in the public eye. It was an amazing experience for the sisters and they wouldn’t change it for anything else. The triplets eventually dropped out of school in order to pursue a career in the entertainment industry on full-time basis.

The small screen loved them Soon after they headed to L.A., the girls started receiving endless job offers. They made it to the small screen and landed roles on Boy Meets World where they were playing Eric and Jack’s stunning dorm neighbors. Inevitably they were typecast as the triplets who were unreachable in a way. Well, that’s exactly what they were so it only makes sense. Later, they were also part of Family Feud together with their dad and sister and even won a whooping amount on the show.

Erica and Jay It seemed like thing were going amazing for the girls, not only in terms of their career, but also in their personal lives. After they won an episode of the reality show House Wars, the identical triplets were offered to be part of the show Renovate My Family by Fox. That was when Erica’s life would change forever. Things between her and the show’s host, Jay McGraw, who also happens to be Dr. Phil’s son, soon started to head in a romantic direction. Erica has admitted more than once that it was ‘love at first sight’.

The Doctors connection Like we’ve said before, when it came to the Dahm sisters, it seemed like one thing led to the other and when they had the opportunity to meet the famous television host, Dr. Phil, who also happened to be Jay McGraw’s father, it was then that things really started to turn around. The famous host, was also one of the producers on the medical talk show, The Doctors, which deals among other issues with different medical topics. From time to time, celebrities are invited to the show to discuss different medical issues with a panel of doctors.

Good TV Jay McGraw and Erica Dahm married in 2006. McGraw, who was familiar with the way things work on television, had a brilliant idea that the triplets will be invited as guests on the health show to talk publicly about their unique lifestyle and health. The three sisters soon became regular guests on the show and the audience loved them! They were very candid and open about their special lives and didn’t hide anything. One day, the producers of the show had a brilliant idea.

Identical pregnancies Just like everything else in their lives that they did together (including going to nursing school and modeling for Playboy), Erica, Nicole and Jaclyn got pregnant around the same time. It makes sense in a way, that the three girls would conceive at the same time, after all, they did do everything together. You can only imagine how much excitement was in the air, not only for the growing families, but for the production of The Doctors who knew they had something good on their hands.

A triple birth The three sisters gave birth within a few weeks of each other. Even more amazing, they all gave birth to gorgeous little girls. We don’t know if it’s spooky or incredible. This its what the girls like to call a ‘triplet bond’. Jaclyn told Playboy how fortunate they feel with everything that happened and how things turned out. Motherhood is not an easy thing, and so the producers let the girls settle into the new phase in their lives before they called them with a fascinating idea that they had.

Just an idea Jay McGraw, Erica’s husband and the other producers of the reality show, approached the girls in early 2017 with a bizarre request. They had the idea to bring in Lisa Guerrero, well-known journalist who works for Inside Edition in order to explore and investigate the reliability of DNA and ancestry testing. It was something that was never done in the past, let alone tested on triplets. The results of the tests were unexpected and shocking.

Heritage Ancestry and DNA tests have become extremely popular, especially those tests that can be done at home. There is a growing need in people wanting to find out where they are from and what their history holds. Ancestry and 23andMe have become very popular in the industry. These tests give people the opportunity to know more about their heritage and family history and check if they are of different ethnicities. Not only are these DNA tests easy and simple, they are also priced fairly.

The test Taking the test is easier than you think. They come with a ‘saliva kit’ which helps you easily take a sample of your saliva. Then, the companies of the DNA testing can decode the DNA by using the person’s saliva and through that find out more about the person’s heritage. They can even go as far as tracking down long-lost family members and relatives. The triplets took the test at home and waited with anticipation for the results. Little did they know that their results would shake and shock their world.

Waiting to find out While taking the test is fairly simple and doesn’t take very long, waiting for the results, on the other hand, seems like forever, at least in the eyes of the person taking the test. The triplets had to wait a couple of weeks until the results came in. In order to be considered identical in theory, the girls would have to have an identical set of DNA. Lisa Guerrero of the Inside Edition was hesitant regarding the results of the home tests and didn’t want to wait to hear the results when they were read live on the show.

What a journey When the identical and beautiful triplets went in to audition for the modeling job at Playboy, they probably never imagined in their wildest dreams that this is where they would be today; and the journey they went through – from being featured in one of the most famous magazine in the world to taking a DNA test on a reality show, only to find out that what they had known their entire life was disproved by science. So how identical are they?

Stunned by genetics It’s no secret that the stunning triplets wanted to become nurses and deal in medicine one day, after all their story is like no other. We guess this is a big part of why they agreed to the test in order to find out what the results were and where they truly come from. The revelation was planned to be a big deal as it was going to be read out loud on live television on a special episode in March 2017.

Pretty and identical When the first round of results came in, they didn’t come as a big surprise for the triplets or for the audience. We can only imagine the pressure everyone was under, especially knowing that the results were going to be read out loud and live. The results proved that the triplets were indeed identical. Not only were they identical, their fingerprints were also almost a 100% match to the point that they could use each other’s fingerprints for different purposes. However, what was coming their way next? They already proved they can trick technology, but now what?

Part two of the test The second part of the test was contained deeper insight into things. It was more than just finding out if they were identical. The second test’s purpose was to go deep into their family’s ancestry in an attempt to find out more about their ethnicities and the countries their ancestors were from. Needless to say that the girls expected the results to be, well, identical as they were in the first round. Just like any things in life, things didn’t go quite as planned on the live show.

A small difference According to the results of the second part of the test, the triplets were almost 100% European. So far it meant that they were identical in terms of their ethnicity. However, when their DNA results were broken down and looked at more deeply, it was found that Erica was 16% British and Irish, while Nicole was more Irish and British by 2%. Everyone was confused by the results, the audience, the doctors on the panel and the identical sisters of course. How does it even make sense?

A big difference When they began to receive their results, it showed even more differences between the triplets and their origins. The 23andMe test they took showed that all of the triplets had a German and French heritage, but each had a different percentage. Nicole and Jacklyn hand 11% and 18% respectively, while Erica had 22.3% of that ancestry. How can that be that three sisters, with the same DNA, have such varying results. The strange results confused both the girls and the doctors.

More discrepancy revealed When the triplets began taking the Scandinavian part of the DNA test, the difference was even bigger. The experts were stunned when they found out that Erica and Jacklyn had the same percentage (7.4%), while Nicole had a different one. It was discovered that Nicole had a 11.4% Scandinavian percentage, which was more than her sisters. everyone started to wonder how this could be possible, as they were all surprised by the difference.

Our DNA is same The triplets could not hide their reaction when they found out about the results. Nicole said that she was shocked at their discovery. She added that after all they came from the same egg, and should have the same DNA. Dr. Travis Stork, the host of the show “The Doctors”, pointed out that the first test had proved a point, and had a few things to say about these kinds of tests. Stork said that the general public should know that these home tests are not to be used as real evidence for exploring your heritage, and should be used for “entertainment” only.

Not entirely accurate Dr. Stork added that these tests that you send in the mail are not even close to a 100% accurate. Stork also said that while science did make progress in the field of genetic testing, you can’t just “spit in a cup” and have all the answers laid down in front of you within the minute. Together with Lisa Guerrero, who says that she’s already unsure of these home kits accuracy, does this means that both the doctor and the journalist disapprove?

Exploring her ancestry Lisa Guerrero said that although she’s still has questions about these genetic tests reliability, she would be interested in taking one herself in the future. She added that she knew that her mother is from Latin origin and her father is English, but still wanted to know about the percentage of that. The journalist also said that it made her curious and although they are not advanced, they do give you a small glimpse about ancestry, genetics and DNA.

Thinking about tests The journalist said that although she wanted to perform this kind of test, she would probably go for a more “serious” test. She also added that these test are more expensive, but they are extremely advanced, and could give a greater amount of detail. Lisa and Dr. Stork said that they understand why those DNA tests are so popular today. After all, every human being on this earth would like to know who he is and where he originally came from.



A growing awareness The Dahm triplets never anticipated that those results will be such a shock to them. However, they are happy that their DNA tests started a growing awareness about those tests. Coming from a small town like Jordan, the three sisters’ lives drastically changed since the airing of the show. They were in Playboy for a short time, and also appeared again on The doctors couch. Where are the Dahm triplets and what they are doing now?

Still the same The Dahm sisters remained just as beautiful (and identical) as they were before. The triplets gave birth to their daughters a few years back, within weeks of each other. Afterwards, the sisters gave birth to sons, also around the same time. Eventually, it turned out that all three of them are married, each with one son and one daughter. Like always, the triplets do everything together in the end they are identical, both in looks and personality.



Rocky marriage Unfortunately, living a public life like this could cause issues and incite hurtful rumors. Triplet Erica and her husband Jay McGraw marriage is constantly exposed to the public eye. They are fighting rumors about an impending divorce, and so is Jay’s father (Dr. Phil) and his wife. Apparently, no one can escape this downside of fame as the press will always be on the lookout.

A wedding to remember Erica and her husband Jay were wed on August 2006, and had a beautiful and emotional ceremony. It was held in Beverly Hills, at the property of Dr. Phil and his wife Robin. 400 guests attended this intimate ceremony, where Erica and Jay wrote their personal vows to each other. Jay’s mother, Robin, said that their special day was even more emotional when she saw her husband crying throughout the whole ceremony.

The important question On a Dr. Phil episode, Jay gave all the juicy details about the day he popped the question to Erica. McGraw said that it happened during a trip to Dallas, Texas. There, he got down on one knee and asked her to spend the rest of her life with him. He reportedly presented her with a ring that was a five-carat platinum gem complete with diamonds and two green emeralds. So romantic!

Beautiful bridesmaids Erica’s sister were all bridesmaids, which made her wedding day even more special than usual. Her identical, stunning bridesmaids and sisters had worn beautiful dresses that were designed by Bradley Bayou. Erica herself wore a specially designed gown, made by Chado Ralph Rucci. During her and Jay’s wedding, everyone in the audience said that watching the Dahm triplets dressed so equally and identically beautiful was a sight to remember.

Their offspring As were mentioned before, Erica gave birth to one daughter and one son; the same as her sisters. Jay and Erica’s daughter, Aver Elizabeth, was born not long after they got married. Their son, London Phillip, was born a year later in 2011. Both of them are extremely adorable, and their pictures are all over their parents’ social media and internet pages. Despite all the rumors around them, Jay and Erica seem still seem in love just like before.

Jay and his father From the beginning of their relationship, Dr. Phil (Jay McGraw’s father) was always involved in what was going on. It was said that when Phil found out from Jay that he’s planning on popping the question, he was thrilled for the couple. Dr. Phil served as Jay’s best man on their wedding day, as they have a very special bond between them. Jay was happy to say on his father’s show that his parents love Erica as much as he does.



Jaclyn’s family However, not everything is about Jay McGraw and Erica. Erica’s sister Jaclyn had also won a man of her own, upon her marriage to the handsome Billy Dolan, who is most definitely the man of her dreams. Like Erica and her husband, Jaclyn does not miss an opportunity to show her stunning family on the internet and social media. The entire family goes n vacations frequently together where they hang by the beach or go to a concert.

Opportunity of a lifetime After everything that’s happened, the Dahm triplets still can’t grasp how much their lives have changed since the Playboy test shoot. Upon realizing all the opportunities they received, the sisters are very grateful for the luck they have experienced. When thinking about their early days as teenagers in Jordan, Minnesota, the sisters said that they could not imagine such a scenario; coming from a small town to suddenly being in a magazine that is published all around the world.

Dahm triplets on TV The triplets always received a great reception from the audience in everything they touched since the first time they were featured on Playboy. They were on reality TV, their most recent appearance was on a Canadian TV show called Relic Hunter, which is about someone who tries to return important artifacts to museums. All three sisters said in various occasions that they would love to make a comeback feature in Playboy someday.

