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Rare Characteristic Is Product Of Father's Background
Eighteen-year-old British twins James and Daniel Kelly certainly don't get confused for one another. One is black, the other white.
The boys were born to Alyson and Errol Kelly, an interracial couple, and display the unusual characteristic of being a pair of one dark-skinned and one-light skinned twins, the Guardian reported.
Dr. Jim Wilson, a population geneticist at Edinburgh University, told the newspaper the cause is the father's heritage. Errol Kelly, Jamaican by background, holds the genetic key to skin color variations because people of Caribbean descent are often likely to carry European DNA.
"The Caribbean father will have less European DNA than African DNA, so it's more likely he'll pass on African DNA -- but rarely, and I've worked it out to be around one in 500 sets of twins where there's a couple of this genetic mix, the father will pass on a lot of European DNA to one child and mostly African DNA to the other," Wilson said. "The result will be one white child and one black."
The boys are different in more ways than just their skin color.
James, the darker skinned twin, is gay, outgoing and excels at academics. Daniel is straight, introverted and doesn't care much for school.
The boys were the family's third set of twins. The couple each already had a set with a previous partner when they wed. The lone non-twin in the family is their youngest daughter.
Black, White Brothers Are Actually Twins - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
Eighteen-year-old British twins James and Daniel Kelly certainly don't get confused for one another. One is black, the other white.
The boys were born to Alyson and Errol Kelly, an interracial couple, and display the unusual characteristic of being a pair of one dark-skinned and one-light skinned twins, the Guardian reported.
Dr. Jim Wilson, a population geneticist at Edinburgh University, told the newspaper the cause is the father's heritage. Errol Kelly, Jamaican by background, holds the genetic key to skin color variations because people of Caribbean descent are often likely to carry European DNA.
"The Caribbean father will have less European DNA than African DNA, so it's more likely he'll pass on African DNA -- but rarely, and I've worked it out to be around one in 500 sets of twins where there's a couple of this genetic mix, the father will pass on a lot of European DNA to one child and mostly African DNA to the other," Wilson said. "The result will be one white child and one black."
The boys are different in more ways than just their skin color.
James, the darker skinned twin, is gay, outgoing and excels at academics. Daniel is straight, introverted and doesn't care much for school.
The boys were the family's third set of twins. The couple each already had a set with a previous partner when they wed. The lone non-twin in the family is their youngest daughter.
Black, White Brothers Are Actually Twins - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
