Remember The Black and White Twins?

June 8th, 2012 - By Marissa Ellis

In 2005, twin sisters Kian and Remee from the U.K made international headlines because of their stark contract in appearance; one kid looked white and the other looked black. One was brown haired and brown eyed, and the other was blonde and blue eyed. It was an anolomy of genetic outcomes. The parents of the twins are both mixed, but the odds were against seeing this type of outcome. According to the Daily Mail:

The odds of a mixed race couple having twins of different colours are a million to one. Skin colour is believed to be determined by up to seven different genes working together. If a parent is of mixed race, their eggs or sperm will contain a mixture of genetic codes for both black and white skin. However, 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.

The twins recently celebrated their seventh birthday and it seems that the twins are looking more alike and that the “white” twin is looking more black as compared to this photo below when they were born.

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  • B

    Aww, they are TOO CUTE!!

  • CynthiaChiles

    They are adorable and a testament to why discrimination is wrong.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kayla.esbjorn Kayla Ancrum

    I think its cute how they still both have the same hair texture.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5G3UV47TG33STBZQ5KY7GDTMHQ Astro

    I see two Blacks here. One lighter than the other. So ridiculous!

  • Mystique

    I don’t believe these girls are sisters at all. I think it’s a hoax.

  • LadyLark

    1st all there is no scientific evidence of RACE. Back when man was ’bout perfect they produced this adnauseum. LOL Don’t let the poly-driven pseudosci’s convince you that race is determined by genes. We’re genetically all the same RACE just different manefestations of the same ish.

    • monitorette

      Or let’s say that we all belong to the one and only Mankind (in French = espèce humaine) but there are indeed different races within this Mankind.

      • angel

        @027dd2f0f319a5cee5900e6a32067c3a:disqus I completely agree with u. There are definately real skin-deep differences between black and white ppl. Idk y ppl have such a hard time embracing it. It dosent necessarily have to be a negative thing it just is what it is.

      • angel

        @027dd2f0f319a5cee5900e6a32067c3a:disqus I completely agree with u. There are definately real skin-deep differences between black and white ppl. Idk y ppl have such a hard time embracing it. It dosent necessarily have to be a negative thing it just is what it is.

  • lewisjm

    God is in control – what, now they are trying to explain Him away out of the equation? NOT! They are beautiful.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/jcuetobenders Jessica G Cueto Benders

    I think its just beautiful. This was only GOD’s recipe and only he knows the ingredient for those two pretty girls.

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