--- title: Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas description: The parents called the girls a miracle sent from God canonical: https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-19T11:26:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:13.498Z article:section: Health og:title: Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas og:description: The parents called the girls a miracle sent from God og:url: https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda05690b41278d58/69884dbd5f570fd1a9b1b41c/sylvia-hernandez-roel-torres-triplets-conjoined.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2159 og:image:height: 1214 og:image:alt: sylvia-hernandez-roel torres-triplets-conjoined og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas twitter:description: The parents called the girls a miracle sent from God twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda05690b41278d58/69884dbd5f570fd1a9b1b41c/sylvia-hernandez-roel-torres-triplets-conjoined.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas ## Video: Meet the World’s First Baby Born With an Assist from Stem Cells [Watch (HLS stream): Meet the World’s First Baby Born With an Assist from Stem Cells](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4WVfvHas.m3u8) (1:51)  _Published 2015-05-06. This newborn is the first baby in the world born using a breakthrough IVF treatment_ by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 19, 2015 11:26 AM UTC  Corpus Christi Medical Center by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 19, 2015 11:26 AM UTC A rare set of identical female triplets—including two conjoined at the pelvis— have been born at a south Texas hospital. Corpus Christi Medical Center said the three baby girls—Catalina, Ximena and Scarlett—were delivered Saturday by C-Section one day shy of 34 weeks. All weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces and were currently breathing without the assistance of a respirator, the hospital said. Parents Sylvia Hernandez and Roel Torrez called the girls a miracle sent from God. “God chose us to take care of these babies,” Torrez said in a statement released by the hospital. “We put our faith in God’s hands first and everything will be alright…” [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rare-triplets-including-two-conjoined-twins-born-texas-n361106?cid=par-time-article%5F20150519) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/"},"headline":"Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas","datePublished":"2015-05-19T11:26:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:13.498Z","description":"The parents called the girls a miracle sent from God","url":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/","keywords":["medicine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda05690b41278d58/69884dbd5f570fd1a9b1b41c/sylvia-hernandez-roel-torres-triplets-conjoined.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda05690b41278d58/69884dbd5f570fd1a9b1b41c/sylvia-hernandez-roel-torres-triplets-conjoined.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"sylvia-hernandez-roel torres-triplets-conjoined","caption":"sylvia-hernandez-roel torres-triplets-conjoined","creditText":"Corpus Christi Medical Center","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/medicine/","name":"medicine"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/","name":"Rare Identical Triplets, 2 Conjoined, Born in Texas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet the World’s First Baby Born With an Assist from Stem Cells","description":"This newborn is the first baby in the world born using a breakthrough IVF treatment","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4WVfvHas/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-06T21:22:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4WVfvHas.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/","duration":"PT1M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3884308/identical-conjoined-triplets-texas/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```