Posted on 04/13/2006 5:55:02 AM PDT by FreeManWhoCan
February 22, 2006 - Take a look at these adorable little British girls. They were Good Morning America's picture of the week.
As you can see, one looks white and one looks black. But they are biological twins! Their names are Kayeen and Roomay. Mom and dad are of mixed race.
We're told, the odds of having twins this diverse in color is one in one million!
Someone was telling me about these twins last week. Sweet babies!
I see a long career in commercials and fashion in their futures............
"Ebony & Ivory"
Wasn't that a Stevie Wonder song?
All their lives they will have to keep repeating the statement to their friends, 'We're twins, really!!':)
"I'll bet you that's my twin sister over there by the jukebox."
The Anti-Diaper Militia must be going nuts at the sight of that picture.
That's a shame.
Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney.
(Horrible song.)
Have they had a DNA Test?
I can hear the white kid now..."You mean I'm going to stay this color?"
Great....sibling rivalry can now be considered a hate crime.
Angelina and Brad will be trying to adopt these guys.
Don't know, but its certainly concievable (no pun intended) that *fraternal* twins (from two separate ovum) as opposed to *identical* twins (from a single fertilized cell which divided and separated soon after fertilization) could have such different melanin content.
The mixed race of the parents may have nothing to do with the color of the twins,
"OCA 2 is the most common type of albinism in humans, especially among people of African descent. Characeristics are highly variable, however, ranging from minimal to moderate pigmentation of the hair, skin, and iris. The pigment may be localized in freckles. Individuals of African descent with OCA2 tend to have yellow hair, white skin with localized pigment regions, and irises that are partially or completely pigmented with a tan melanin."
Any possibility that the light one is albino?
Interesting. I wonder if their respective skin tones will shift as the grow up.
The "paler" twin certainly does not appear to be an albino from the photos.
No duh!
Both the parents are biracial, so it isn’t inconceivable that one of their children would have lighter skin. These are fraternal twins, so the traits for each were a crap shoot.
Sadly her parents ended up divorced over it with the father thinking the mother must have had an extramarital affair, however, her vehement denial led to them having genetic testing done which showed that the gene resided on the man's side. Come to find out there was a mixed race birth in his family several previous generations ago that he nor his parents were not aware of.
I had never heard of this circumstance until I met this amazing young woman.
When we lived in the ME, a friend and I flew to Dubai for the weekend. A man came up and hit on my friend. He asked where she was from (the state)and she told him. Out of politeness he asked me. Rose and I were from the same state so I told him and then told him we were sisters. Rose is a very dark skinned black and I am very fair. Rose took off with it and had him totally convinced that we were sisters from biracial parents. Later that day, he found us again. He brought a friend to show him the two 'sisters'. It was great!
Skin color varies with a lot of things including hormones which change as people age but albinism restricts the amount of melanin a person can produce. The light girl is incapable of becoming as dark as the sister.
Somehow, I don't think they will be cast in the upcoming Patty Duke Show remake (if there is one).
The proverbial Abyssinian in the fuel supply?
Frank Sinatra: "You are black, and I am white
Life's an Eskimo Pie, let's.. take a bite!
That was groovy thinkin'
Lincoln, when you set them freeeeeee...
We all know
Cats are the same
Maine to Mexico.
Good. Bad.
Guys and chicks!"
Stevie Wonder: "I am dark, and you are light."
Frank Sinatra: "You are blind as a bat, and I have sight!
Side by side, you are my amigo,
Negro, let's not fiiiiiiiight!"
Stevie Wonder: "Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony."
Frank Sinatra: "Salt and pepper,
Sammy and Dean
Stevie and me are peachy keen!"
Stevie Wonder: "You are white."
Frank Sinatra: "You are black - and who cares!"
Who cares, baby!
Actually the reason I posted that is because she DOES look like albinos of African descent. Blond hair and blue eyes, light to tan skin but combined with pure African features is the look (I think it's pretty attractive).
Actually the reason I posted that is because she DOES look like albinos of African descent. Blond hair and blue eyes, light to tan skin but combined with pure African features is the look (I think it's pretty attractive).
one of em was left in the oven longer than the other.
Very cute bump.
1 in 1 Million????? I don't think so...
If both parents are bi-ratial 50% white/50% black the odds of having a white child are 25% the odds of having a black child are 25% and the odds of having biracial are 50%..
So, I don't see anyway you get to 1 in 1 million odds out of that.... someone lied to these folks.
An astute observance and funny.
They must be using Old Math.
I think there may be a white man is this wood pile.
"Don't know, but its certainly concievable (no pun intended) that *fraternal* twins (from two separate ovum) as opposed to *identical* twins (from a single fertilized cell which divided and separated soon after fertilization) could have such different melanin content."
It's possible. My maternal Grandpa has fraternal twin sisters who look very much alike except for their skin color. One is about a shade darker than Condi Rice and the other is 2 shades fairer than Colin Powell. They both have hair as slick as shiny as orientals. Go figure.
How odd. Their correct names are Remee and Kian.
The light twin is lighter than either parent, in fact, from that picture I can't tell which parent is lighter. Albino?
I dunno, I'm no statistician, but I don't see how you can take 1 in 4 and 1 in 4 and 1 in 2, and combine them in any way that gets you 1 in a million....
Maybe I'm just dense. Any statiticians want to set me straight?
Well, for starters, you're not figuring in the odds of having twins...
In the 60's another teacher had a poster that showed an extended Afro-American family at a reunion. They were every shade of skin color imaginable.
See #28.
Here's another photo I found of siblings while I was searching. The lighter one here is an albino.
Mommy's baby, Daddy's maybe.
LOL!
Not to mention those special lunches mom will have to make for her:
Tuna salad on white bread, a Tab, and a couple of Twinkies.
Right, I have a couple pictures like that in an Anthro book on the self. Those pictures and your picture show people who have the same physical characteristics except the pigmentation. The twin girls look almost identical except for pigmentation. That doesn't mean the lighter one is an albino but IMO it raises the possibility.
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