Black and White Twins -Again!

Posted by Miss Cellania in Baby & Kids, Odd News on January 3, 2009 at 12:23 pm


Dean Durrant and Alison Spooner of Fleet, Hants, England had twins seven years ago, two girls, Hayleigh appearing black, Lauren appearing white. The odds of such a combination are quite high -but now they’ve done it again! Alison gave birth to twin girls November 13th. Miya has dark skin and Leah appears white.

Alison said: “I was shocked when I first found out I was pregnant with twins again — but I never thought for one second they would turn out the same as last time.

After the babies were born they weren’t breathing properly, so they were taken to a special care unit.

It wasn’t until about five days after they were born that we saw them side by side for the first time.

And when they were together it was clear that one was darker than the other. It was unbelievable.”

The babies are now home and reported healthy. Link -Thanks, Sharyn Bramscher!

(image credit: Solent News & Photo Agency)


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12 comments to "Black and White Twins -Again!"

  1. Idil
    January 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    woah... they're identical too... that's amazing =S

    I wish Martin Luther King Jr could see this... literally sisters!!

  2. Miss Cellania
    January 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    I'm pretty sure both pairs would be fraternal twins.

  3. Idil
    January 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    i mean.. not technically identical twins... hmm

  4. Idil
    January 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    yeah i meant they just looked very similar, feature wise. That would be pretty crazy if they werent fraternal twins =P

  5. CelticCatEyes
    January 3rd, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Hadn't thought about that as a possibility...Perhaps I'll try one at a time instead of twins for better odds ;)

  6. liphttam1
    January 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    Wow, I garentee thouse kids wont grow up to be racist.

  7. Charles Roque
    January 4th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    History repeats itself: In days of slavery many white slave owners had affairs with the slaves. Many people who think they are white are not 100%. They look and think they are. If we look back far enough into family history I think just maybe there may be the answer to this mystery. Just an idea.

  8. momoftwins
    January 4th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    didn't know this was so "rare", my husband and I have a set of twins one white one black. We didn't make the news???

  9. ftwaynewizard
    January 4th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    There is a couple here in our town(he's black,she's white)and they have a set of twins. One is white as snow and the other dark as a summer tan....

  10. Christopher Kiefer
    January 5th, 2009 at 1:05 am

    zebra babys again

  11. Toni
    January 5th, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Despite what other people may say and or think of your 2 sets of unique twins, they are still beatifull.

  12. BigDaddyof3
    April 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    My wife and I had black & white twins 11 years ago. We were just glad they were healthy. Not make an international freak show out of them. These couples trying to make a buck exploiting their 'special' twins make we want to vomit.


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