https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:26:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2092105 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:06:51 +0000 mrsjazz 2092105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been seeing this all day! I think it would be more interesting if there was no mixed race heritage. I don't think they have an interesting "quirk" they're just mixed race and genetics are funny that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2092087 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:48:29 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2092087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll admit it, I find the twins fascinating. But, then again I'm fascinating by families- seeing what traits people pick up from their parents, how similar they look to their siblings, and if you can tell if people belong to the same extended family.</p> <p>@JenGirl: even without vastly different ethnic backgrounds families can have different skin tones, features, hair color &amp; texture. Even the color of moles isn't universal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2092082 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:40:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2092082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's another family in Britain who have two sets of girl twins where they say one is white and one is black. I think both sets look mixed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2092073 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:31:19 +0000 Peasinapod 2092073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also the 'white' twin does not have straight ginger hair. She has curly hair she straightens. I might be sensitive to this though because it took me awhile to embrace my curls, so it hurts to see ppl who don't embrace theirs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2091997 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:15:26 +0000 spaniellove 2091997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JenGirl: Also it doesn't make sense to say one twin is white and one twin is black. They're both of the same racial heritage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2091974 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:39:18 +0000 JenGirl 2091974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to say i'm kind of confused about why this is news? It's fairly typical to have a range of skin tones within siblings when parents are of different ethnic backgrounds. I mean it's not hard to tell where the different skin tones come from. And fraternal twins are no more closely related than siblings. You could just as easily put up pictures of one twin with one of the other siblings. Yet this is the second time I've seen this "news" story. I just don't get the big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2091942 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:46:18 +0000 stiletto_mom 2091942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably, but it's the daily mail. I simply copied and pasted the article. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2091940 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:44:31 +0000 spaniellove 2091940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A professor I had adopted twins in a similar situation. </p> <p>But maybe this could have been posted in a less sensationalist way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twins-couldnt-be-more-different-due-to-quirk-in-their-mixed-raced-parentage#post-2091936 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:40:11 +0000 stiletto_mom 2091936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2974869/The-twins-tell-apart-Striking-sisters-couldn-t-different-quirk-mixed-raced-parentage.html#ixzz3TGkIrjuK" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2974869/The-twins-tell-apart-Striking-sisters-couldn-t-different-quirk-mixed-raced-parentage.html#ixzz3TGkIrjuK</a></p> <p>The twins that EVERYONE can tell apart! Striking sisters couldn't be more different due to quirk in their mixed-raced parentage<br /> Lucy and Maria Aylmer, 18, from Gloucester are non-identical twins<br /> Lucy has fair skin and ginger hair, while Maria is darker with curls<br /> Their mother Donna is half Jamaican and their father Vince is white</p> <p>One has straight ginger hair, a fair complexion and deep blue eyes. The other has masses of curls, far darker skin and her eyes are a sparkling brown.<br /> With such opposing looks it’s hard to believe this striking pair are sisters. But they are much more than that – they are twins.<br /> The girls were born with radically different colouring thanks to a quirk of their mixed-race parentage.</p> <p>Same same, but different: Lucy and Maria Aylmer, 18, from Gloucester are non-identical twins</p> <p>Lucy and Maria Aylmer’s mother Donna is half Jamaican and their father Vince is white, and together they managed to produce one white twin and one black twin.<br /> The girls were born in January 1997. Their mother was astonished when she first saw the twins, as nothing on the scans had prepared her for their different skin tones.<br /> Fair-haired Lucy, who lives with her family in Gloucester, said: ‘It was such a shock for her because things like skin colour don’t show up on scans before birth.<br /> 'So she had no idea that we were so different. When the midwife handed us both to her she was just speechless.’<br /> Their mother, who is 47 and a warehouse worker, and their 53-year-old father, who works as a scaffolder, split up after the twins were born.</p> <p>Family line: The twins' mother Donna is half Jamaican and their father Vince is white, and their siblings George, Chynna and Jordan all have darker skin than Lucy and lighter than Maria</p> <p>Two of a kind: The twins, who live in Gloucester, were born in January 1997</p> <p>Different strokes: 'Outgoing' Maria studies law at Cheltenham College, while 'shy' Lucy studies art and design at Gloucester College</p> <p>All together: Maria and Lucy with their mother Donna and siblings George, 23, Chynna, 22, and Jordan, 21</p> <p>The 18-year-olds have three older siblings, George, 23, Chynna, 22, and Jordan, 21. Lucy said: ‘Our brothers and sisters have skin which is inbetween Maria and I. We are at opposite ends of the spectrum and they are all somewhere inbetween.<br /> THE SCIENCE BEHIND ONE WHITE AND ONE BLACK TWIN </p> <p>Non-identical twins come from separate eggs, so inherit different genes.<br /> The girls’ half-Jamaican mother carries genes for both white and black skin.<br /> By chance, Lucy will have inherited genes for white skin and Maria will have genes that code for black skin.<br /> People with Afro-Caribbean heritage often have some European DNA, dating back in many cases to the slave trade.<br /> This increases the chance of them passing on a gene for white skin to at least one twin.</p> <p>‘But my grandmother has a very fair English rose complexion, just like mine.’<br /> She added: ‘No one ever believes we are twins. Even when we dress alike, we still don’t look like sisters, let alone twins. Friends have even made us produce our birth certificates to prove it.’<br /> Certainly at school there were no problems mistaking the twins for one another – and no way of playing tricks to confuse their classmates.<br /> Lucy said: ‘We were in the same class, but no one had a problem telling us apart. Twins are known for swapping identities. But there was no way Maria and I could ever do anything like that.<br /> ‘Most twins look like two peas in a pod – but we couldn’t look more different if we tried. We don’t look like we have the same parents, let alone having been born at the same time.’<br /> The twins’ interests are as different as their looks. Lucy studies art and design at Gloucester College whilst Maria studies law at Cheltenham College.<br /> Lucy explained: ‘Maria was outgoing whilst I was the shy one. But Maria loves telling people at college that she has a white twin – and I’m very proud of having a black twin.’ </p>