Identical triplets born to Pennsylvania woman

Identical triplets born in the US(Photo: AP)

A Pennsylvania woman gave birth to identical triplets this week.

Jennifer Price and husband Daniel welcomed their identical triplets Daniel Jeffrey, Ryder James and Garrett Cambell at a hospital in Harrisburg on Tuesday, June 5th.

The three boys were born just a minute apart, at 8:42, 8:43, and 8:44.

Identical triplets are extremely rare. The Multiple Births Foundation estimates that triplets occur once in every 10,000 naturally conceived births, but the odds of having identical triplets are 150,000 to 160,000.

Identical triplets occur when one fertilized egg splits to create three separate embryos. Non-identical triplets occur when three separate eggs are fertilized.