Bone marrow transplant Durham siblings have Christmas together

Sharuna SagarNorth East and Cumbria

Sharuna Sagar/BBC Ben Buttley and his younger sister Holly Murdey, sitting on a brown sofa and smiling. Behind them is an out-of-focus white cushion covered with a design of small black triangles. He has short, dark blonde hair, with the front combed back, and has a moustache and short beard. He's wearing a pale khaki t-shirt. She has shoulder length light brown hair in a side parting and is wearing a white, v-neck button up top.Sharuna Sagar/BBC

Ben Buttley has twice had bone marrow transplanted from his younger sister Holly Murdey

Siblings only have a 25% chance of being a bone marrow match with each other, but a brother and sister are…

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