RE your recent letter about unusual birth dates (HAS, May 5). My brother was born 13/07/41 and my elder son was born 13/01/63, making my son 21 years and six months to the day younger than my brother.

My sister was born 04/03/47 and my younger son was born 04/09/68, making my son 21 years and six months to the day younger than my sister.

Just for good measure, my younger grandson was born 02/02/02.

Joan Wilson, Ferryhill, Co Durham.

RE quirky birth dates. I have a son who was born on 06/06/60.

He was my sixth child (now 6ft tall).

Mrs Jane McGowan, Pity Me, Durham.

My late brother Leslie was born on 04/05/45.

Mrs I Smith, Shildon, Co Durham.