If any of *my* life predictions had been half as close I'd be making a fortune on the ftse. There were 5 children, for a start. 5 births is 5 births. 88 out by 2 months? Like I said, he could guess a bit.The strange thing is, he died at 87 and had 4 children. 1 out of three is not a great prediction. We want it to be true, but.....
I don't actually want it to be true, it's a lot easier to say it's all hokum. It is, then someone comes up with 3 very unlikely events, gets them right enough, and anyone who knows anything at all about stats and probability says "Blimey. If he did that more than once I'd be wondering what the hell was going on".