
By Brian Park
Staff Writer
What started out as a relatively normal day on Jan. 21 for social sciences teacher Mike Sebestyen– playing with his three-year-old son Matthew and relaxing on a Saturday– turned into a moment he would never forget.
The family arrived at the Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington around six in the afternoon for the birth of Sebestyen’s twin daughters: Katherine and Caroline.
“We were convinced that we were going to be turning right back around,” Sebestyen said. “But two hours into the process they’re like ‘nope, you’re not going anywhere’.”
Thanks to this event, Sebestyen now has both of his hands full, literally, as he can carry both of his daughters at the same time. He has been a parent to Matthew, but he will have to step up his game now that he has three children.
While Sebestyen knew he was expecting twins, both he and his wife Jennifer were surprised when the had two girls. Sebestyen expected one boy and one girl and his wife expected two boys, but thankfully he got two since he really wanted a daughter. According to Sebestyen, this was a quick process.
“When Katherine is born and they [hospital workers] go ‘it’s another girl!’, I think both of our reactions were kind of like, ‘What?'” Sebestyen said.

As for the girls, Caroline was born two minutes before Katherine, making her the older sister. They are not identical, so there are distinctive features between the two.