Kerry Richardson Twins
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Kerry Richard Twins
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A set of British twins has been born with different skin color, a rare occurence according to experts.
The boys, Layton and Kaydon Richardson, are adorable and healthy.
The brothers were born to Kerry Richardson of Middlesbrough, in the United Kingdom, at James Cook University Hospital on July 23, 2006
Mother says, "When they were first born, no one really noticed anything unusual as they were both practically the same colour. But over the last few months Layton has got lighter and blonder like his dad and Kaydon has gone darker like me."
According to Mom, the boys attract a lot of attention where ever they go. But Kerry, 27, does not mind the youngsters grabbing the spotlight and thinks it just proves her babies are even more special.
Richardson is of Nigerian and English heritage and the father is white.
According to a genetics expert at Oxford University such births are rare as the genes that cause skin color generally mix together. In this case it looks as if the genes for skin color didn't mix for some reason and the boys appear to have inherited different genetic codes from their mother.
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