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HelpRe: WDYTO this g/g twin set?
in reply to a message by Ember
Strange. It's very unusual for twins to inherit so remarkably different features. It's already unusual enough for a child to inherit fair skin and hair colour if the other parent has a dark skin/hair, and the chances that twins would turn out so different are very, very slim (as they. Are you sure the kids were not adopted?
Anyways, I dislike Ebony and Ivory as a twin set. I don't like the names, I think the set is too themey, and I actually find it quite shallow that they were given names so obviously connected to the colours of their skin (which is also way I dislike names like Blondie or Ginger, unless they're nicknames). The only thing I like about the set is that the names were kind of flipped around instead of the obvious way. That adds a little spunk to the set.
Anyways, I dislike Ebony and Ivory as a twin set. I don't like the names, I think the set is too themey, and I actually find it quite shallow that they were given names so obviously connected to the colours of their skin (which is also way I dislike names like Blondie or Ginger, unless they're nicknames). The only thing I like about the set is that the names were kind of flipped around instead of the obvious way. That adds a little spunk to the set.
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Yes, it can definitely happen. Not to identical twins, of course, but to fraternal ones or to siblings with the same 2 parents, yes. :)
~Heather~
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This message was edited 10/10/2006, 2:52 PM
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actually...
Actually, it can happen to identical twins. I've read several articles in magazines and newspapers about a set of twins like that (it's always the same set, and I've never heard of another set of MZ twins like this), where they're identical, only one is white, with gingery coloured hair, and one is the kind of skin tone you would expect from a child with one white parent and one black one (as these girls had). Apparently it occured as a result of the paler twin not getting the melanin she should have received from her dad's genes.
Actually, it can happen to identical twins. I've read several articles in magazines and newspapers about a set of twins like that (it's always the same set, and I've never heard of another set of MZ twins like this), where they're identical, only one is white, with gingery coloured hair, and one is the kind of skin tone you would expect from a child with one white parent and one black one (as these girls had). Apparently it occured as a result of the paler twin not getting the melanin she should have received from her dad's genes.
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No, they weren't adopted. Jasmine has seen twins like that, too, though.
Camille J
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Camille J
future 1st place winner of the local Piano Fest
future piano student of the esteemed Proffesor Amano
future music student at a university
future professional pianist!
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Really?
Peculiar, still. But how adorable! I've never heard of twins like that before :-)
Peculiar, still. But how adorable! I've never heard of twins like that before :-)
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It's incredibly rare, but it CAN happen!
Check it out:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=377839&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5
This case is particularly interested because it's not one white/fair haired parent and one black parent, but two biracial parents, the genetic combination of whom produced one white child and one black child! Amazing!
.Catherine Ann Genevieve.
Check it out:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=377839&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5
This case is particularly interested because it's not one white/fair haired parent and one black parent, but two biracial parents, the genetic combination of whom produced one white child and one black child! Amazing!
.Catherine Ann Genevieve.
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that's adorable! wow! :D
Camille J
future 1st place winner of the local Piano Fest
future piano student of the esteemed Proffesor Amano
future music student at a university
future professional pianist!
Camille J
future 1st place winner of the local Piano Fest
future piano student of the esteemed Proffesor Amano
future music student at a university
future professional pianist!
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Yeah, it's really cute!
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