Our world has a lot of hard times, but it also has a lot of amazing miracles that give us hope and make us want to work harder for a better future. The Sun told us today’s story, which is about a British couple who have had twins twice!
Dean Durrant and Alison Spooner are a British couple who got lucky in 2001 when they had their first set of twin girls. They are a couple of different races, so they expected their twins to have some of each.
But the couple’s lives took a very different turn. One of the twins, Lauren, was born white, while the other, Hayleigh, was born black. There is a 1 in 500,000 chance that this would happen.
In 2009, fate gave the sweet couple another big surprise. They were again going to have twin girls. And, just like last time, Baby Miya was born black and Baby Leah was born white, making them the first family in the world to have two sets of twins, each with their own color. How beautiful!
Hayleigh, who is 18 years old, talked to The Sun about how people don’t believe them when they see them:
“Some people can be really rude. They’ll say, ‘You’re lying, you aren’t twins — prove it!’“
“So we’ll reel off the same address or pull our passports out. It’s nice to see the shock on people’s faces. When we went to college it was difficult because there were lots of groups of Asian, white and black kids.”
“The black group were trying to integrate me and I was like, ‘This is my white twin sister.’’
“No one could believe it. People look at us like it’s some kind of miracle. I’m still amazed that we are twins.”
Even though Lauren also said that Hayleigh is her best friend:
“People just assume we’re best friends rather than sisters, let alone twins.”
“I’m happy with that because she is my best friend. We are going to go out clubbing together. The bouncers are going to get a shock when they see we are related.”
Alison, their mother, talked about how happy and excited she was to have twins:
“I can’t believe my miracle babies are turning 18.”
“Even though they look different, they are best friends and very close. It took me a few years to figure out how they could look so different based on science.”
“They’re now more of a phenomenon with their friends. Their school used to have a big picture of them in biology class. No one could understand or believe it.”
Leah, who is the youngest, also talked about how much she loves her older sisters:
I look up to Lauren and Hayleigh.
“I like my older sisters. We want to be like them when we grow up, but we never see them because they are always at college or work.
This lovely family should be praised and loved. They show that love has no limits or preconceived ideas, and we love that.