About 300 years ago when the whites bought and sold blacks slaves as commodities and racial discrimination was at a high, never would they have imagined this to even happen at all in the first place. But there it is, these beautiful twins are Seven years old today.
One is black and has big brown eyes. The other is a blue-eyed blonde with the palest of skin.They might share the same cheeky smile, but side by side, they could hardly look less alike.
Yet remarkably, Kian and Remee are twins, born a minute apart.
The pair owe their appearance to a one in a million combination of their parents’ genes.
Mother Kylee Hodgson and father Remi Horder both have white mothers and black fathers.
The startling result is a two-tone set of delightful little girls.
As they celebrate their seventh birthday, they have never asked why they don’t look the same, nor have they ever experienced any racial prejudice.
‘They are such a perfect example of how it should be,’ their mother told the Mail. ‘They are not bothered about their skin colour. It’s not the big issue everyone else seems to see it as. It isn’t important to them at all – it’s about what they’re like underneath.’
Kian and her 60-second older sister were delivered in April 2005 by caesarean section.
Sister act: The twins are in different classes at primary
school, and have different interests
Kylee, now 25, recalls the moment she saw them for the first time: ‘I noticed that both of them had beautiful blue eyes,’ she said.
‘But while Remee’s hair was blonde, Kian’s was black and she had darker skin. To me, they were my kids and they were just normal. I thought they would start to look the same as time went on.’
Time, however, only accentuated their differences. Kian’s eyes changed colour and her skin got darker. Remee’s complexion got lighter and her curly hair stayed blonde. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kylee found herself fielding questions about whose children they were, or who Kian’s fair-haired friend was, when she pushed them in their side-by-side buggy.
‘People would ask me why I dressed the children the same,’ Kylee said. ‘I’d just say: “because they’re twins,” and leave people to work it out. It kind of irritated me at first, but everyone in my area got to know they were twins and accepted it. It was only strangers or outsiders who didn’t know.’
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ReplyDeleteThis is a phenomenon which only God can explain. You are referred to a quote in the Bible, Act 17: 26 which states that "all men and women are created of the same blood". This goes along way to explain to non believers that we are all creations of God and meant to enjoy what he has made for the pleasures to be shared equitably by mankind. What we lean from this twin is the reflection of what our creator want out of human race.
ReplyDeleteIf their parents can accept them the way they are and they accept each other, who are we to think different! God is the One who gives children and He made Remme and Kian and they are very beautiful and priceless. Genesis 1:31a "God saw everything that He made and indeed it was very good", and Ecclesiates 3:11; "He has made everything beautiful in its time".
ReplyDeleteGod bless this family!
Guys watch out....there might have been a swap at the clinic...we cant rule out that possibility and also they might be from same mother cos anything can happen.......but their parents can go for DNA to be sure if the two were their true kids......that while we have science ....to provide ans to imposibilities.........but all the same God knows best
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