Identical quadruplets who beat the odds to even be born are turning 18 - and are about to separate for the first time.
Doctors told Jose and Julie Carles it was more likely they would win the lottery than that all four babies would live.
But 18 years on Ellie, Georgie, Jessica and Holly are happy and healthy as they reach adulthood.
The foursome were born minutes apart on March 23, 2006.
Doctors told Jose and Julie Carles it was more likely they would win the lottery than that all four babies would live.
But 18 years on Ellie, Georgie, Jessica and Holly are happy and healthy as they reach adulthood.
The foursome were born minutes apart on March 23, 2006.
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00:00 So Georgie, what was it like growing up with your sisters?
00:03 Well it was really fun because we had each other growing up so we didn't need to make that many friends.
00:07 Everyone was just, we always hung out with each other and it was really chaotic.
00:11 We had a lot of fun.
00:13 I agree with that.
00:14 What do you think, Jess?
00:15 I think it was certainly interesting because like we all just embarrass each other a lot sometimes.
00:20 It's wild.
00:21 That's the fun part.
00:22 It really is.
00:23 It's not fun when it's you being embarrassed but it's fun when you're the one embarrassing other people.
00:27 That's always been the thing.
00:29 Even if we all argue sometimes, we still get along afterwards.
00:34 That's true.
00:35 Has it been fun though, Ellie?
00:36 Yeah.
00:36 I want to say that I've never had friends I'm close with as much as I'm close with those three.
00:43 That's true.
00:44 That's lovely, Holly. That's really nice to hear.
00:45 You've heard that haven't you?
00:46 I love you guys.
00:47 Always good to have a sister.
00:49 Even if I haven't close friends, nothing compares to being free.
00:53 That's true.
00:54 That's the nicest thing you've ever said.
00:58 When we were much younger, so around year eight, me and Georgie would swap our seats and our stuff in our maths classroom and pretend to be each other.
01:05 It was funny but our teachers always figured it out within like five minutes because we would just sit there laughing.
01:09 Oh yeah.
01:10 You can't really keep a secret, Ellie.
01:12 No.
01:12 You need to have a show face, don't you?
01:14 We're really bad at hiding it. Everybody around us kept laughing.
01:16 They embrace everything we go through as a family.
01:20 We've had some great times, road trips and stuff like that. They don't need anybody else outside of the family unit.
01:28 Yeah, we're quite close family, aren't we?
01:30 Yeah.
01:30 You've raised me well.
01:32 Thank you. I feel very privileged.
01:34 You're welcome.
01:34 We've had some very different parties over the years. We've had parties with reptiles. Do you remember?
01:43 Oh, yes.
01:45 We've had parties at bowling, parties on trampoline parks, I think.
01:50 Disco.
01:51 Disco's in the house.
01:52 We've had a lot of them here.
01:54 Yeah, we've had a lot here. Yeah.
01:55 18 years has gone in a flash. It's been very busy, logistically a nightmare sometimes.
02:03 A challenge for different personalities to manage whilst working full-time.
02:12 But it's been fun. It's like a privilege, I suppose, to be on a journey with four girls
02:18 and enjoying their life and being part of it.
02:22 There'll always be someone in the upstairs bathroom.
02:24 There's more bathrooms.
02:25 I take five minutes, they take 50.
02:28 It feels like it when you need to go to the bathroom.
02:33 Clothes everywhere.
02:34 Clothes.
02:35 Shoes. Literally the hallway. Sometimes I come in and it's like...
02:39 Shoes.
02:40 Shoes everywhere.
02:41 Bags.
02:41 Bags everywhere.
02:42 Coats.
02:43 Coats.
02:43 You provide hooks and holes and everything.
02:47 Yeah, all the baskets and everything.
02:48 But everything just keeps on going.
02:50 It gets so messy.
02:52 I think from their 18th, they want to go out for a meal.
02:55 Probably Chinese or something like that.
02:58 All together as a family and just...
03:00 Nice and simple.
03:00 It's all of our favourites.
03:02 I love food, so this is a positive for me.
03:04 Yeah, and me.
03:06 That's good.
03:07 It is obvious.
03:10 I'm looking at it!