Triplets who waited 18 YEARS to learn their birth order finally told

• Janie Hilbert took to TikTok to share the moment of truth earlier this month 
• Their parents had kept their birth order a secret until the milestone birthday
• Janie and her brothers were all very expressive after finding out the results 

A set of triplets who were forced to wait 18 years to discover their birth order finally learned the truth – and their reactions were hilarious.

Janie Hilbert took to TikTok to share the moment that she – along with brothers Wright and Luke – found out who was officially the oldest and youngest.

Their parents had decided to keep their birth order a secret until their milestone birthday despite the trio ‘begging’ to know.

Janie and her siblings were all very expressive after finding out the results – but admitted that it did not alter their bond.

A set of triplets who were forced to wait 18 years to discover their birth order finally learned the truth – and their reactions were hilarious

Janie Hilbert took to TikTok to share the moment that she – along with brothers Wright and Luke – found out who was officially the oldest and youngest

In the clip, which has so far been viewed more than 20 million times, all three siblings sat in front of the camera as the news was relayed.

It was overlaid with a caption that read: ‘POV you’re a triplet and your parents waited to tell you birth order until your 18th.’

There was no sound on the video to hear the order being revealed but Janie, Wright and Luke were all very expressive.

Their jaws dropped before they covered their mouths and put their hands on their heads in apparent disbelief.

Thankfully, the insight ended with the trio enjoying a wholesome embrace together.

Parents Stewart and Clay have since shared with Today that they decided to keep the birth order a secret due to eldest son Clayton who was three years old at the time the triplets were born.

Stewart described him as ‘a rule follower and very literal’ who would definitely try to implement an ‘oldest gets the bottle first’ regime once the babies were born.

And so she and Clay decided to keep the order a mystery.

‘We just didn’t want to play his game, and we were like, alright, let’s just keep it a secret. It’ll be fun.

‘They won’t have to subscribe to any of the stereotypes of oldest, middle, youngest – all that.’

Clay added: ‘The very first time I was asked, I almost told the order. It was a brilliant idea though. In hindsight, it’s been really fun.’

The kids’ curiosity grew over time as they began to pester their parents over the birth order – but Stewart teased: ‘They definitely wanted to know, and that made it even more fun.’

Janie recalled how the trio had ‘begged and begged’ but had no luck.

Following the widespread furor sparked by her first video, Janie later shared a follow up clip to reveal the order.

Following the widespread furor sparked by her first video, Janie later shared a follow up clip to reveal the order

That clip, which itself has been viewed 2.3 million times, divulged that Wright is the oldest followed by Luke and then Janie.

Janie admitted: ‘I did not want to be the youngest. That’s the one thing I really hoped I hadn’t been waiting 18 years to be the youngest, and then here we are.’

Nonetheless, the reveal has not changed anything for the siblings.

‘We all just bond. We really do. Our relationship with each other is really special.

‘I don’t think it has really changed much, but it’s been interesting to think back about our childhood and think about whether we just naturally went into those roles,’ Janie shared.

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