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Black and white twins
from: Lucy Lang, Daily MailWhen Kylie Hodgson gave birth to twin daughters by caesarean
section, she was just relieved that they had arrived safely.
It was only when the midwife handed them over for her to hold
that she noticed the difference between them.
Remee, who weighed 5lb 15oz, was blonde and fair skinned. Her
sister Kian, born a minute later weighing 6lb, was black.
'Our two gorgeous little girls'
"It was a shock when I realised that my twins were two different
colours," said Kylie, 19. "But it doesn't matter to us - they are
just our two gorgeous little girls."
The amazing conception happened after two eggs were fertilised
at the same time in the womb.
Both Kylie and her partner Remi Horder, 17, are of mixed race.
Their mothers are both white and their fathers are black.
According to the Multiple Births Foundation, baby Kian must have
inherited the black genes from both sides of the family, whilst
Remee inherited the white ones.
Kylie, from Nottingham, discovered she was pregnant in the
summer of 2004 and a scan at the Queen's Medical Centre revealed
that twins were on the way.
"It was a shock at first to discover I was expecting as we
hadn't been trying for a family," she said I had my 14-week scan
and the sonographer ran the scanner over my stomach and announced
that I was carrying twins.
"We couldn't believe it. Neither of us could take our eyes off
the scanner - you could just see two of everything, even the
outline of their little noses. We were both overwhelmed."
The twins were born by caesarean in April last year because one
of the girls was lying in an awkward position in the womb.
"I didn't see them at first," added their mother. "They were
both whisked away to be checked over and then the midwife came back
and placed them both in my arms.
"I noticed that both of them had beautiful blue eyes, but whilst
Remee was blonde, Kian's hair was black and she had darker
skin.
"It seemed strange, but I was feeling so ill that I didn't
really take it in at that stage."
The next day she mentioned the colour difference to her mother,
who told her that Remee's skin would darken as she grew older.
But as the weeks passed, Remee became lighter still while Kian
went darker. And while Remee's eyes stayed blue, Kian's turned
brown.
"There are some similarities between them," said their mother.
"They both love apples and grapes, and their favourite television
programme is Teletubbies.
"If they haven't seen each other for a few hours, they are so
pleased to see each other and will hold out their arms, wanting to
hug each other. And their smiles just light up their faces.
"I'll explain it all to them when they get older about why they
look so different."
Million to one odds
The odds against of a mixed race couple having twins of
dramatically different colour are a million to one.
Skin colour is believed to be determined by up to seven
different genes working together.
If a woman is of mixed race, her eggs will usually contain a
mixture of genes coding for both black and white skin.
Similarly, a man of mixed race will have a variety of different
genes in his sperm. When these eggs and sperm come together, they
will create a baby of mixed race.
But, very occasionally, the egg or sperm might contain genes
coding for one skin colour. If both the egg and sperm contain all
white genes, the baby will be white. And if both contain just the
versions necessary for black skin, the baby will be black.
For a mixed-race couple, the odds of either of these scenarios
is around 100 to one. But both scenarios can occur at the same time
if the woman conceives non-identical twins, another 100 to one
chance.
This involves two eggs being fertilised by two sperm at the same
time, which also has odds of around 100 to one.
If a sperm containing all-white genes fuses with a similar egg
and a sperm coding for purely black skin fuses with a similar egg,
two babies of dramatically different colours will be born.
The odds of this happening are 100 x 100 x 100 - a million to
one.
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