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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:53:48 PM EDT

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When 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.

Snopes says it's true

Posted: 3/13/2006 5:55:47 PM EDT

[#1]

Everyone will think mommys a slut.

Posted: 3/13/2006 5:57:24 PM EDT

[#2]

If I was the paw, I'd have 'em tested just to be on the safe side.

Posted: 3/13/2006 5:59:28 PM EDT

[#3]

That's pretty cool actually.

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:28:22 PM EDT

[#4]

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Both Kylie and her partner Remi Horder, 17, are of mixed race. Their mothers are both white and their fathers are black.

Holy shit. Why are they surprised?

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:30:23 PM EDT

[#5]

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Everyone will think mommys a slut.

good morals.....

......if a 19 yr old guy knocked up a 17 yr old girl, her parents would be screaming statutory rape....

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:35:14 PM EDT

[#6]

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www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=377839&in_page_id=1770
When 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.

Snopes says it's true

I fuckin hate snoop. They say the pentagon is made out of granit.

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:38:35 PM EDT

[#7]

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:38:42 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
That's pretty cool actually.

Agreed! Genetics is amazing science.

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:45:50 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
That's pretty cool actually.

+1.

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:51:04 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted: That's pretty cool actually.

That's why America must invade foreign lands and mate with their women. In time, our differences will be forgotten.

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:51:04 PM EDT

[#11]

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If I was the paw, I'd have 'em tested just to be on the safe side.

Who ya gonna call?.......

Posted: 3/13/2006 6:51:10 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:
That's pretty cool actually.

Agreed! Genetics is amazing science.

I wonder if the mother is a chimera. I was watching something on the discovery channel of mothers that failed parental DNA tests because they had two sets of DNA

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:02:15 PM EDT

[#13]

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That's pretty cool actually.

Agreed! Genetics is amazing science.

I wonder if the mother is a chimera. I was watching something on the discovery channel of mothers that failed parental DNA tests because they had two sets of DNA

I've seen this explained, but it was on CSI, so I didn't pay much attention.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:04:39 PM EDT

[#14]

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www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=377839&in_page_id=1770
When 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.

Snopes says it's true

I fuckin hate snoop. They say the pentagon is made out of granit.

So what that snoop says that. I am studying nursing and OB/GYN is my speciality and I can tell you for a fact that this can happen. You see we have dominate and recesive genes and if there are a lot of dominate genes about one thing such as dark coloring of hair, eyes and skin or it can be for light hair, skin, or eyes. If you do not beleive me you can ask anyone that know about genetics.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:12:34 PM EDT

[#15]

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Everyone will think mommys a slut.

good morals...........if a 19 yr old guy knocked up a 17 yr old girl, her parents would be screaming statutory rape....

You edited your first statement, it was something like she is,2 kids before the age of 18. For all you know that could have been the first person she had sleep with. Then again she might be very be a total slut.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:27:50 PM EDT

[#16]

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[So what that snoop says that. I am studying nursing and OB/GYN is my speciality and I can tell you for a fact that this can happen. You see we have dominate and recesive genes and if there are a lot of dominate genes about one thing such as dark coloring of hair, eyes and skin or it can be for light hair, skin, or eyes. If you do not beleive me you can ask anyone that know about genetics.

Mrs. 95thFoot, the doc, concurs. "It happens", she says.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:31:01 PM EDT

[#17]

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Everyone will think mommys a slut.

good morals...........if a 19 yr old guy knocked up a 17 yr old girl, her parents would be screaming statutory rape....

Not in the UK, I believe.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:34:37 PM EDT

[#18]

17 and 19. All I see are 4 people probably now on public assistance.

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:40:35 PM EDT

[#19]

CAN ..........NOT............SAY.....IT..........WILL...NOT...............SAY....IT..................

GR

Posted: 3/13/2006 7:41:25 PM EDT

[#20]

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CAN ..........NOT............SAY.....IT..........WILL...NOT...............SAY....IT..................

GR

Good post.

Posted: 3/15/2006 5:48:06 AM EDT

[#21]

Social scientists are going to have a field day studying these twins.

Posted: 3/15/2006 6:03:49 AM EDT

[#22]

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Kylie, from Nottingham, discovered she was pregnant in the summer of 2004and a scan at the Queen's Medical Centre revealed that twins were on the way.

Been carring them for quite awhile?
Taht has to be a record too

Posted: 3/15/2006 6:09:05 AM EDT

[#23]

Mating habits like that belong on National Geographic.

Posted: 3/15/2006 6:17:25 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
If I was the paw, I'd have 'em tested just to be on the safe side.

+1

Posted: 3/15/2006 6:42:25 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Everyone will think mommys a slut.

good morals...........if a 19 yr old guy knocked up a 17 yr old girl, her parents would be screaming statutory rape....

Not in the UK, I believe.

Nor Texas, or a number of other places in the US for that matter.

Posted: 3/15/2006 7:07:15 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
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Quoted:
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Everyone will think mommys a slut.

good morals...........if a 19 yr old guy knocked up a 17 yr old girl, her parents would be screaming statutory rape....

Not in the UK, I believe.

Nor Texas, or a number of other places in the US for that matter.

Posted: 3/15/2006 7:15:10 AM EDT

[#27]

When I hear that I think, boy I bet the grandparents are really proud. Pure white/black trash.

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