When we think of twins, we often think of matching faces and clothing.
And that’s likely what Amanda and Michael Biggs were thinking when they first set eyes on their twins, Marcia and Millie.
At the time of their birth in 2005, the girls looked fairly identical. When they began to grow, however, their parents started to notice a few blatant differences…
When they began to grow, however, their parents started to notice a few blatant differences…
Marcia started favoring their mother, with her strawberry blonde hair and lighter complexion, while Millie started to resemble their father, with his dark, curly hair and dark complexion!
According to the Daily Mail, there are approximately 12,000 sets of twins born in Britain every year— but the chances of having ones that are black and white are 2 in a million!
Geneticist Jim Wilson tells the Daily Mail, “Since parents contribute 50% of the genes to each offspring, the first generation born to a mixed-race couple will definitely be midway in color between the two.”
“But second-generation children are different. If one of the offspring marries a white person, it is possible for them to have a white child because you no longer have 50/50 white and black variants.”
Dr. Jim Wilson says the rise of a mixed-race gene pool could be beneficial for everyone, telling the Daily Mail, “I believe this will have a knock-on effect on our health to the point where genetic conditions specific to a particular racial group would become less common.”
And we are starting to see these cases happening more frequently in the media as well.
About six years ago, Kaydon and Layton Wood also made headlines for being black and white twins.
As well as Lucy and Maria Aylmer from Gloucester, UK, who say people on the street just assume they are friends.
“We are proud of the fact that we are each other’s twin sister,” Lucy tells ITV. “Maria loves telling people at college that she has a white twin— and I’m very proud of having a black twin.”
Millie and Marcia’s mother Amanda tells Daily Mail that teachers at their school have trouble believing the girls are actually twins.
Not only do they look different, but they also have completely different personalities— with Millie being shyer and Marcia being more rambunctious.
Amanda describes them to Daily Mail, explaining, “Marcia is a bit bossier and is a bit more outgoing- she’s a cheeky little monkey.”
Meet them for yourself in the video below!
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