Maribel Valencia with her husband Luis and their 3-year-old daughter Isabella, left, holding her newborn twins at the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center in San Diego. Jaelyn, right, and Luis, who were born just minutes apart but in different years. Jaelyn was born in the last minute of New Year's Eve 2015 and Luis in the first few minute of New Year's Day 2016. Photo: AP/Kaiser Permanente San Diego
Maribel Valencia, 22, gave birth to
daughter Jaelyn at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve, then delivered son
Luis two minutes past midnight at the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center
Maribel Valencia holds her newborn twins at the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center in San Diego. Jaelyn, right, and Luis Salgado, who were born just minutes apart, but in different years. Jaelyn was born in the last minute of New Year's Eve 2015 and Luis in the first few minute of New Year's Day 2016. Photo: AP/Kaiser Permanente San Diego
"It's a big blessing to have two of
them, [a] boy and a girl, for New Year's,” Luis Valencia said, according to ABC
affiliate KGTV in San Diego
