Northridge Elementary 'Leaping Lad' shares his Leap Day birthday with his father

What are the odds that you'll have a birthday on a Leap Day? One in 1,146 people. The odds are even longer for the Ogburn family, where father and son share the day.

Jeremy Ogburn is a Northridge Elementary School teacher who happens to share his birthday with his 4-year-old son. Although his son, Andrew Ogburn, has a celebration every year, he is jumping with joy to finally have his first "official" birthday. All of this leaping seems befitting to a person born on Leap Day.

"Usually we just do it on the weekend that's closest to the end of February," said Jeremy Obgurn.

The odds of having a Leap Day baby are greater than a snowstorm at the beach, which happened right after Jeremy Obgurn was born on Feb. 29, 1980. In that winter, Raleigh was hit by a foot of snow. The odds of Jeremy and his son sharing a leap year birthday are one in 2.1 million.

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"So yeah, it's my 10th birthday and it's Andrew's first birthday," Ogburn said.

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Another thing fairly special about this occasion is that two of Andrew's classmates are also Leap Day kids.

"There must have been a lot of Leap Year babies born in Raleigh that year," Ogburn said.

So mark your calendar. Father and son are having a party.

"We got Andrew a smash cake since it is his first birthday," Ogburn said.