Mum defies million-to-one odds to give birth to black and white boys

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

WAY cool!

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=412385&in_page_id=1770

For every mother with twins the art of telling them apart is a task that can take a lifetime to master. But when Kerry Richardson's sons were born she had no trouble telling them apart instantly. (...)

"When they were first born, no one really noticed anything unusual as they were both practically the same colour," said 27 year old Miss Richardson.

"But over the last few months Layton has got lighter and blonder, like his dad, and Kaydon has gone darker like me."

The one in a million conception happened after two eggs were fertilised at the same time in the womb. While Miss Richardson is of English-Nigerian heritage the twins' father is white.

[MrCoffee]

1. who should i invite to Vegas? mom or dad?

one of 'em has crazy luck with the odds.

[RebelOne]

2. I read about another case like this in Great Britian last year.

Only it was twin girls.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. I remember that. Was talked about at DU too. -nt

[mdmc]

4. neat

:kick:

[wildhorses]

5. so does that mean...

oh--never mind

[asthmaticeog]

6. Further underscoring the total pointlessness of racism.

Awesome! :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

7. That is so cool.

:)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Caption the second photo:

Kaydon: "Mommy, his wiener is bigger than mine. Waah!"
Layton: "Stop whining and take a look at that nurse's rack!"

[Sequoia]

9. God still wants us to get along.

Thanks. This is sweet.

[Nikia]

10. Is it really million to one odds?

I've known biracial families with some children looking "white" and other children looking "black".
The "black" child is probably mixed color. The "white" child might have a black gene as might the babies' "white" father.

[XemaSab]

13. There are 6 genes that code for skin color

Apparently the mom had multiple copies of most of the 6 genes, and passed different copies on to her kids.

A kid can have a dark skin color and have mostly "white" genes, and vice versa.

[idgiehkt]

11. they are so precious!

wow, that pic made my day. where is the smiley for 'so cute', lol.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. What little cutie pies!!

I just want to blow raspberries on their tummies!
Duckie

[hedgehog]

14. Until I read about this and the twins last year, I always thought that

it was an urban myth (rural myth?) that a "white" family could end up having a "black" child due to some mixing in the past. I suppose that's the source of the "one drop" rule. Pretty silly if you ask me. My brother and his mixed race adopted daughter have the same features although she is darker than he is. Her adopted sister looks like my sister-in-law. I used to like to show their pictures around without mentioning that the girls are adopted and leave the bigots at work guessing.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. If they're fraternal twins, then they're no more genetically similar than

any brothers.

Have you never seen African-American families with a huge range of skin colors in one household?

Here's what I remember from biology class. Since the mother in this case is of mixed African and European descent, she carries genes for both dark and light skin. The darker baby got the dark genes, which are partially dominant over the light genes, and the lighter baby got two light genes, one from each parent.

It's that simple.