Our world is full of trials and tribulations, but it also balances those things with unbelievable miracles that give us hope and want us to work harder for a brighter future. Today’s story, reported by The Sun, is about a British couple who have been blessed with twins twice!
Beautiful Twins, Twice – A Very Lucky Family
Dean Durrant & Alison Spooner are the lucky British couple who welcomed their first set of twins baby girls back in 2001. They’re a biracial couple, so they naturally expected their twins to have a bit of both.
But, things turned out very differently for the couple. One of the twins, Lauren, was born white while the other, Hayleigh, was born black – the chances of that happening are 1 in 500,000.
In 2009, fate had another big surprise for the lovely couple. They were expecting twin baby girls again! And, just like last time, Baby Miya was born black while Baby Leah was born white – making them the first family in the world to have two sets of twins, both having their own color; simply beautiful!
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, 18-year-old Hayleigh talked about how people don’t believe it 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.”
While Lauren also talked about how 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.”
Their mother, Alison, spoke about feeling incredibly happy and elated with her twins:
“I can’t believe my miracle babies are turning 18.”
“They are best friends and close in every way, apart from looking different. It took me some years to understand the science of how they could appear so different.”
“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, their younger sister, also talked about the immense love she has for her older sisters:
“Lauren and Hayleigh are my heroes.”
“I like my older sisters. We want to be like them when we get grown up but we don’t see them at the moment, they are always at college or work.”
This beautiful family needs to be celebrated and loved! They represent pure love without boundaries or preconceived notions – we love it.
You can read their full interview with The Sun here.
What are your thoughts on this lucky, incredible, and beautiful family? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Images & Featured Images Credits: Louis Wood – The Sun
What a blessing to have but two sets how awesome x
So very Cool , Very Very Cool , I’m Joe Flocco from NYC, NY, don’t care who reads this ~
So amazing and very nice to have an twice twins ever I’ll gladly if that’s happened to me so much blessed And their own best friend not only sister ❣️❣️❣️
Just fantastic for them. The people of the USA should take note
Take note on what exactly?
Take note on how you guys just got your first mixed twin set and you’re acting like you’re the first?
Mixed twins have been documented in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (the last one is part of the US if you didn’t know) since the 70s, and Ireland had a set of mixed Twins over 20 years ago.
So are we taking notes on how to lie on headlines for views and diminish other cultures by acting like their amazing progress towards blending cultures hasn’t been happening for the last 40 years?
Yeah noted Britain.
They all are just absolutely beautiful…
They are NOT the world’s first biracial twins. This has been occuring all over the world for years. my coworker had twins, she was Dominican, and the dad was Irish and another denomination of Caucasian, and one of her babies had fair skin, light brown hair and green eyes and, and the other had darks skin, brown eyes, and course hair.
Also those biracial Irish twins that are now like 20?
Maybe the first on the UK, but you are really reaching with this headline.
Also to the idiot saying the US should take note, Puerto Rico, which is part of the US has had mixed racial multi births since 1966. If you’re going to make ignorant comments, maybe do some research. over here proud you have the first mixed twin birth in the UK acting like it’s never happened anywhere else …