They like to say their
family is two in a
million. For Alison
Spooner and her partner
Dean Durrant’s offspring
have defied the odds –
not once, but twice.
Seven years after having
one black twin and one
white twin, the 27-year-
old mother has given
birth to a second set of
twins with different
coloured skin at odds of
one in 500,000.
When the couple’s first
daughters arrived in
2001, they were
astonished to see that
Lauren had her mother’s
blue eyes and red hair,
while her twin Hayleigh
had dark skin and hair,
like her father, Dean. So
when Miss Spooner,
from Fleet, in
Hampshire, found out
she was pregnant again
this year, her friends
and family joked that
they ought to take a bet
out on the same thing
happening again.
Doctors who delivered
the sisters early,
because of fears for
their health, were
relieved to find them
well, but also amazed
that the second set of
twin girls were born
with different skin
tones. As her parents
discovered when the
girls were laid side by
side in the hospital cot,
Miya resembles her
father and Leah has
inherited her mother’s
looks. It is rare enough
for two sets of twins to
be born to the same
parents, but the
chances of them
inheriting different skin
and hair colour from
their mother and father
are just two in a
million.
The genetic
phenomenon only
happens when two
separate eggs are
fertilised by different
sperm, unlike identical
twins who share their
genetic make-up having
been conceived from one
fertilised egg that splits
to form two embryos.
‘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,’ Miss
Spooner said. ‘
After the babies
were born they
weren’t
breathing
properly, so they
were taken to a
special care
unit.’ The former
recruitment
consultant
added: ‘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.’
Doctors at Frimley Park
Hospital, in Surrey,
decided to deliver the
babies on November 13
by Caesarean section, 37
weeks into the
pregnancy, when scans
revealed they were in
the breech position.
This can cause
complications during
birth that can endanger
the babies’ lives.
However, despite their
early arrival, both girls
were born healthy, with
Miya weighing 4lb lloz
and Leah 5lb 10oz. Their
father Dean, 33, a paver
who is of West Indian
origin, said:
‘It was a real
shock to the
system when I
found out we
were having
twins again. ‘I
didn’t think the
same thing
would happen
again. ‘I was
blown away
when I saw
them together. I
didn’t know
until then that
there was such
a big difference
between the
two. ‘It was
clear to see but
they were
rushed away
after they were
born so we
didn’t realise
until we saw
them together.
We have a very
special family.’
Source:-http://jadeafrican.com/two-sets-black-white-twins-born-family-video/

Onemansquad, stuff46

Beauriful

black and white?
na TV!!!
its a gud tin tho 2black 2white

front page tinx
lalasticlala ur attention is needed here

Chei.. the cuteness is toooooooo mad!

This news is actually stale.

Did they buy the egg and sperm from a black market?


I don't believe it.

cute. tho they dont really look alike much

Waow... ds is beautiful. God's creation so beautiful

Black and white

Onemansquad:
black and white?
na TV!!!
its a gud tin tho 2black 2white

front page tinx
lalasticlala ur attention is needed here

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Cute kids

I just pray the black ones don't face racial discrimination.

Its a cruel world.

Na dat one be black ni****?

how Sweet

Tabelachizza:
Na dat one be black ni****?

Yes o compared to the sister.