Lincoln and Byron Ryman are identical twins, although it might be a couple years before anyone has difficulty telling them apart. The twins were born 11 weeks premature, and doctors thought that Lincoln (the smaller of the two, at just over 1lb) wouldn’t survive after they noticed he had stopped growing early in the pregnancy.
Amazingly, both have now started gaining weight and are expected to remain healthy. Link [Daily Mail] via Unique Daily
Dave
Lincoln and Byron’s condition – the twin-to-twin transfusion – is actually not terribly rare; it’s caused by a malformation of the placenta that results in one of the twins getting far greater blood flow than the other. A couple I know has a set of twins that had the same thing going on, but the OB/GYN caught it early and an in-utero surgical procedure corrected it.
It’s hard to tell them apart now, 18 months later, as they tear around like mad-toddlers!
just a guy
I’m glad to hear they are alright.
Although, looking at the picture, I can’t help but think of Caramon and Raistlin.
chackokhan
more like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito in the movie TWINS
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096320/
I just hope that their mom doesn’t run off to an Artist’s commune…Sorry could help myself.
J.K.
Reminded me of the ‘big brother / little siter’ relationship in my own life. I had not thought about that in a while. – Cool
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