THE MIXED RACE TWINS

The mixed race twins with different colour skin and eyes: this two little girls become UK's first sisters to be genetically identical but don't look the same.

Chances of having mixed race twins is less than a million to one, but, this couple gave birth to monozygotic twins, Amelia has dark skin, black hair and brown eyes like her dad, Jasmine is fair skinned and blue-eyed like her mother.

Identical twins Amelia and Jasmine are thought be the first black and white twins born in the UK, despite coming from the same egg.
They are identical or monozygotic twins, meaning they developed from the same zygote, which split and formed two embryos.  
The girls were born to mum Libby Appleby, 37, from West Rainton, County Durham who is white and her partner, Tafadzwa Madzimbamuto, 40, who is black.

Monozygotic twins are always the same sex, share identical blood groups and genetic make-up and always closely resemble each other.

There are other reported cases of non-identical twins being born with different coloured skin and eyes to mixed race couples in the UK. 

Explaining the phenomenon, Dr Claire Steves from the Department of Twin Research, said that multiple genes control skin colour and while identical twins are very likely to share them completely, it is not guaranteed.

Fuente:Daily Mail