Same name and birthday causing ongoing problems for two Sydney women

Two Sydney women who share the same name and date of birth are frustrated by the fact they are constantly being mixed up by the government, medical professionals and telecommunications companies

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Published 26 April 2017 1:07pm

By مرحبا أستراليا من 4-7 بتوقيت سيدني وملبورن من الاثنين وحتى الجمعة

Presented by Heba Kassoua

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Two women named Jessica Ishak were born on April 11, 1993.

Both have Christian-Lebanese heritage and live only two suburbs away from each other.

Both also believe a Lebanese beauty pageant winner inspired their mothers to name them Jessica.

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