Identical triplets get married same day in Brazil

Triplets Rafaela, Rochele and Tagiane Bini share the same looks and now the same wedding anniversary after getting married on the same day

Guests at a wedding service saw triple when three identical sisters tied the knot together at the same ceremony.

Triplets Rafaela, Rochele and Tagiane Bini share the same birthday, the same looks and tastes, and now - after marrying men who look strikingly similar - the same wedding anniversary too.

The 29-year-old sisters, from Passo Fundo, southern Brazil, even wore the same wedding dress, as well as hair style and make up, for their big day on Saturday.

 

A different colour of bouquet was the only clue to help bewildered friends and family distinguish one bride from the other.

Even the grooms - Rafael, Gabriel and Eduardo - admitted they had worried they might mix up their wives-to-be when it came to exchanging vows.

Rafael, who married Rafaela, told how the girls sometimes deliberately confused their fiances.

He remembered: 'There was a time when we were all in the kitchen making dinner. So Rochele, who is Gabriel's, was doing stuff at the sink, and Rafaela was at the stove.

'We were there chatting and they changed places. I went behind to hug her, and said "oops" when I realised I'd got the wrong girl.'

On the day, though, the men insisted they didn't have a problem recognising the loves of their lives.

'Oh yes, I knew which one was mine, for sure. I knew as soon as she entered the church, she was the most beautiful,' said Eduardo, who married Tagiane.

The sisters told how, like other identical siblings, they have always been close and shared the same tastes and interests since they were babies.

Their parents, Pedro and Salete, already had one daughter, Liziele, when they decided to increase the family - but never imagined three more girls would come at once.

Mother Salete fainted when she was told she was expecting triplets, according to the girls.

Rafaela was the first to find her future husband, Rafael, ten years ago while studying at university. A year later, Rochele got together with Gabriel.

It was parents Pedro and Salete who suggested the girls all get married together after Tagiane also got engaged to Eduardo.