Preity Zinta and Gene Goodenough welcome twins via surrogacy

New Delhi : Actress Preity Zinta and her husband Gene Goodenough on Thursday announced birth of twins – Jai and Gia – on Instagram. Sharing a picture of self with her husband, Preity Zinta wrote: "Hi everyone, I wanted to share our amazing news with all of you today. Gene and I are overjoyed and our hearts are filled with so much gratitude and with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough and Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family. We are very excited about this new phase in our lives."

She also thanked the doctors and their surrogate "for being part of this incredible journey": "A heartfelt thank you to the doctors, nurses and to our surrogate for being part of this incredible journey. Loads of love and light - Gene, Preity, Jai and Gia. #gratitude#family #twins."

Actress Preity Zinta had tied knot with Gene Goodenough on February 29, 2016 and then she moved to Los Angeles.

The news by Preity Zinta has left her friends and fans surprised, as well as overwhelmed with many congratulating the couple in the comment box of the Instagram post.