After Aaron and Erin Kusch were born in San Jose, Calif., their families teased and joked that it would be funny if they got married someday, but few thought it would really happen.

Growing up they didn’t spend much time together, but they each had older sisters who were best friends and tried to convince them to start dating. It was Aaron’s older sister who finally talked Erin into writing Aaron while he was on his mission.

“Our sisters were best friends and I think they just wanted to be related somehow,” Erin said.

Aaron and Erin were married Nov. 22, 2003, eight months after he returned from his mission.

To cut down on confusion between the families, as Erin also has a brother-in-law named Aaron, Erin sometimes goes by Livy, a shortened form of Olivia, her middle name.

“The number one question we get asked is what do we call each other at home,” Erin said. “It’s kind of silly because when I say ‘Aaron,’ I don’t mean me. We don’t talk in third person.”

While the spelling difference has helped eliminate some of the confusion, mix-ups still happen.

When a girl from one of Erin’s classes tried to reach her, she looked up the wrong number and dialed Aaron’s cell phone.

“When she asked for Erin and he replied ‘this is he,’ she was very confused and ended up hanging up the phone and then called it again later,” Erin said.

“It causes people to remember who you are. At the bank, when they pull up our account, they always go ‘yeah the two Aaron’s,’” Erin said.

The couple just celebrated their second wedding anniversary and their daughter, Zoe Olivia, will turn one next month.