A New Zealand man's mother, wife and daughter are celebrating 24 years of sharing the same birthday, Oct. 20, by having a family dinner.

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Miriam Cullen, 89, Eileen Cullen, 52, and Hannah Davidge, 24, observed the occasion by gathering together for a photo shoot 21 years after a similar photo appeared on the cover of Wellington's The Dominion Post, the newspaper reported Wednesday.

Son, husband and father Mark Cullen said when the first photo was taken in 1990, "the three most important women in my life have their birthdays on the same day."

That the women share the same birthday was an unlikely coincidence -- Eileen gave birth to Hannah two weeks before her due date.

"She kept saying `any day except my birthday', she was not happy about it at all," Mark said.

Hannah said she enjoyed growing up sharing a birthday with her mother and grandmother.

"It's like Christmas around here because there's so many presents being given out," she said.