Issue with Index Match

Jasesair

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I have the below formula which is returning a name (Column B) after matching a Date of Birth in Column C. The index-match formula is copied down a large table. It all works perfectly until there are twins with the same DOB. Any idea how to resolve?

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$6:$B$203,MATCH(AT6,$C$6:$C$203,0)),"")
 

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=IFERROR(INDEX($B$6:$B$203, SMALL(IF(($AT$6=$C$6:$C$203), MATCH(ROW($C$6:$C$203), ROW($C$6:$C$203)), ""),ROWS($A$1:A1))),"")
 
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I might need a complete rethink because your formula isn't returning anything at all unfortunately.
 
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See if this works. I assume as you drag your formula down AT6 goes to AT7 etc.

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$6:$B$203,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($B$6:$B$203)-ROW($B$6)+1)/(AT6=$C$6:$C203),COUNTIF($C$6:C6,C6))),"")
 
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That works perfectly. It just doesn't address the original issue of a duplicate (twins with the same DOB).
 
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