Because of the date of conception and all that.

  • DelvianSeek@lemmy.world
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    No they are not. Birthdays are calculated from the day of birth, hence birthdays. And zygotes are not yet people, no matter what the forced-birthers tell you.

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    Why not count from the moment the egg was created then? All children from one mother have the same age.

    Some scientists say that the stem cells for eggs are generated before birth, so technically you (or at least part of you) existed before your mother was born.