When they were much younger, Kennedy Laureigh didn’t mind competing alongside or even against her brother Chris. Games. Roller hockey. Sailing. It was all good. But there was one thing she absolutely did not want to share with her fraternal twin.

“I didn’t like sharing a birthday cake with him,” said Kennedy, laughing.

“For a few years, we had just one cake, and I blew out the candles first,” said Chris, born five minutes earlier than his sister on May 20, 2003.

“It was a thing when we were really little,” she added, the laughter fading toward a bit more of a serious tone.