Two Sets Of Black And White Twins Born In Same Family

When this family says their family is two in a million they really are telling the truth! Alison Spooner and her partner Dean Durrant gave birth to twins, Lauren and Hayleigh and immediately noticed that although the two girls are twins their skin and hair colors are different. Lauren is light skinned, with blue eyes and red hair, like her mother; her sister Hayleigh is dark skinned and has dark hair like their father.

The chances of twins inheriting different skin and hair color from their mother and father are just two in a million. The genetic phenomenon is extremely rare. It only happens when two separate eggs are fertilized by different sperm, unlike identical twins who share their genetic make-up having been conceived from one fertilized egg that splits to form two embryos.

So it came as a complete shock to Spooner and Durrant when seven years after Lauren and Hayleigh were born, that they gave birth to twins yet again. And just like their older daughters, their newborn daughters, Miya and Leah, also have different colored skin tones!

Hayleigh and Lauren don’t see what all the fuss is about. They’re just happy to have sisters that match them and think their new siblings are special because “you now have more people to care about in your family.”

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