Cynthia Daniel Jokes About Irony of Donating Egg to Twin Sister Brittany: 'You Got the Girl Who Looks Like Us!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Cynthia Daniel Hauser and Brittany Daniel at 90s Con Florida in Daytona Beach, September 2024.Photo:Thats4Entertainment/Adrian Ruiz

Cynthia Daniel, Brittany Daniel, 90s Con Florida

Thats4Entertainment/Adrian Ruiz

Cynthia Daniel Hauseris reminiscing about the “really special” journey toward helping make twin sisterBrittany Daniela mom.

TheSweet Valley Highalumnae, 48, made a joint appearance at90s Con Floridain Daytona Beach over the weekend, speaking at a panel alongside fellow “Fabulous Ladies of the ’90s"Carmen ElectraandJuliette Lewis.

Touching on the experience ofdonating eggs to Brittany— which eventually led to her welcoming daughterHope Rose, who turns 3 next month, via surrogate — Cynthia joked, “It’s so funny — I have three kids, and my daughter looks identical to my husband.”

“I gave you my eggs and you get the girl who looks like us!” she teased her sister.

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As Brittany recalled of her challenging journey toward motherhood, “I went through cancer in my mid-30s then I tried to do IVF to retrieve some eggs, and I wasn’t able to.”

Once her doctor learned she had an identical twin sister, though, it was a game-changer. “He was like ‘Let’s bring her in,’ " Brittany said. “She was extremely fertile [and] so kind to give me her eggs.”

“My daughter, I named Hope, and for obvious reasons. She’s our daughter, really,” theDawson’s Creekalumna told the crowd.

“We can’t wait for the ability to show our first child the world,” she said in August 2021.

Brittany Daniel and Cynthia Daniel Hauser attend Stand Up to Cancer in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2016.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Brittany Daniel and Cynthia Daniel attend Stand Up To Cancer 2016 at Walt Disney Concert Hall on September 9, 2016 in Los Angeles, California

Brittany and Cynthia — who sharesher three childrenRyland, 19, Colt, 16, and Steely Rose, 11, with actor-husbandCole Hauser— opened up in January 2022 about the process in a conversation for thePEOPLE Every Daypodcast.

Initially, Cynthia wasn’t sure if it would even be possible to donate her eggs, as the sisters were in their late 30s at the time, but she was willing do whatever it took to helpmake Brittany’s dream come true.

“It just kind of stopped me in my tracks, because I was like, this is why my sister and I were brought together,” said the photographer and former actress.

“Not only just to support each other and love on each other … I know she would’ve done the same thing for me,” Cynthia added.

source: people.com