BHHS breaks school record for twins and triplets

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — The Bloomfield Hills High School Class of 2024 is graduating a record number of twins and triplets this year.

A total of 13 sets of twins and 1 set of triplets has broken the record for the most multiple siblings in the same grade level in Bloomfield Hills Schools history. Out of the 422 students in the Class of 2024, 29 belong to a twin or triplet set.

This school record was noticed when BHHS Secretary Laurie Mezey saw an article about a high school in Pennsylvania with 11 sets of twins. She realized that BHHS had them beat.

“In Bloomfield, we always try to be the best at everything. So when we saw the school in Pennsylvania claimed to have the record and when we found out we had them beat, we had to set the record straight,” BHHS principal Daniel Hartley said.

Some of the students shared their experiences of growing up with a twin by their side.

“I think it was a really great thing to be able to go through my whole education so far with having a twin, because it’s like having a built-in best friend,” Sydney Butler said.

Even though twins have many similar experiences, there are also areas where their experiences differ.

Sydney said she and her twin sister, Jadyn, were never in the same class growing up, so they were able to make friends independently, but they always had each other nearby when needed.

Aaron Rose said he and his twin brother, Ryan, had every single class together up until around 10th grade, and he always enjoyed being able to sit next to and study with him.

“We have the same friends. We do everything together. I just always like being with him. It’s super comfortable,” Aaron said.

Abigayle, Aubrey and Anthony Agbay are triplets who are all going to different colleges after graduation.

“It’s kind of fun to go somewhere where it’s just me, but it’s also going to be hard because I’m so used to having my brother and sister with me for basically everything,” Abigayle said.

Abigayle and Aubrey play the same sport, and Aubrey pointed out how comforting it is to always have someone by her side, especially for scary situations, such as tryouts.

The Butler twins will also be going to different schools next year, but the Rose twins will be attending the same college.

The students shared that it was nice to have so many other sets of multiples in their grade because they were able to relate to their peers.

“It almost got to a point where just because there were so many, it didn’t seem that out of the ordinary,” Anthony Agbay said.

For many of the twins, they said they didn’t realize how unique it was to have so many sets of multiples in their grade until recently, because it is all they have ever known.