I love twins...be it identical or non-identical. They are just always so lovely.
It is quite amazing what genes can do when it comes to giving birth to children when the couples involved are of "Mixed-race."
Meet Lucy Aylmer and
Maria Aylmer-both 18, the beautiful twins that all can tell apart due to their opposing looks.
Born in January 1997 to their mother-Donna, 47-who is half Jamaican and their father Vince, 53, who is
white; Lucy has
straight ginger hair, a fair complexion and deep blue eyes. While Maria
has masses of curls, far darker skin and her eyes are a sparkling brown.
Lucy and Maria have three older
siblings, George, 23, Chynna, 22, and Jordan, 21. Speaking about their different looks, Lucy revealed:
"It was such a shock for her because things like skin colour don’t show up on scans before birth. So she had no idea that we were so different. When the midwife handed us both to her she was just speechless. 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 in-between."
"But my grandmother has a very fair English rose complexion, just like mine. 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. 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. 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. 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." Lucy added.
The saying that 'no two individuals are same' is quite true let alone these twins. With different interests as their looks; Lucy studies art and
design at Gloucester College whilst Maria studies law at Cheltenham
College.
(View more photos of Lucy and Maria both as children and with their family..after the cut...)
The twins' mother Donna is half Jamaican and their father Vince is
white, and their siblings
Maria and Lucy with their mother Donna and siblings George, 23, Chynna, 22, and Jordan, 21
Credit: worldwidefeatures/martin spaven/Daily Mail
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