A Hamilton mother and daughter have an uncanny connection, they both gave birth to premature baby girls, both at 25-weeks gestation and both babies weighed 705 grams.

Sandra Marston gave birth to a daughter 16 years ago at Waikato Hospital and two weeks ago, her daughter Kaylah Marston, 20, gave birth to her daughter, Aliyah-Rose, at Auckland Hospital.

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