Meet Bobby And Riley George, Twins With Different Racial Features
What are the chances of having twins with different skin colour? One in a million. Bobby and Riley George are the twins born with different racial features.
The Mirror reports:
The boys were born 30 minutes apart, both with light skin. But their features developed naturally in different ways.
Curly-haired Bobby’s dark eyes turned blue and his complexion lightened at six weeks. At three months, Riley became darker and he grew straight brown hair.
Mum Abigail Tongue, 22, is white and landscape gardener dad Richard George, 26, is mixed race.
Richard said: “When she was pregnant we’d joke how one could be black like me and the other white like Abbie but we never thought it would happen.”
Doctors said there was a one-in-a-million chance that the non-identical twins, created when two eggs were fertilised, would not share the same skin tone. The couple’s 17-month-old daughter Amelia has a complexion that is a combination of her parents’.
The boys were born in October 2011 in West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, West London.
Abigail said: “They looked so similar that when we took them home I was always getting them mixed up.”
“I couldn’t believe we had two different coloured babies.
“It seemed like a miracle and although it was unusual, we were so chuffed with our boys.
“Having twins is odd enough but two totally different twins is crazy.” The boys, of Feltham, West London, have attracted attention while out in their buggy. Strangers in the street have asked Abigail if she is baby-sitting Riley and whether Richard is the father of all her children.
She said: “It’s so uncomfortable and awkward because they are insinuating I’ve had an affair. It can be quite upsetting, people not believing your child is yours.”
When Bobby broke his leg in August 2013, even hospital staff at the West Middlesex did not believe the boys were twins and checked his mum’s medical records – much to Abigail’s frustration.
She is also worried they will be picked on when they go to school. She said: “Kids can be very cruel. I don’t want them to be constantly asked questions about their parents or to be victims of cruel jokes.
“We’ll sit them down when they’re older and explain they’re very special.”
Not only do the twins look different, they are forming distinct personalities.
Abigail said independent Bobby is very active, naughty and hates sleeping.
Riley is more laid-back, clingy and helps with chores.
Abigail, whose family has three sets of twins, said the boys are starting to appreciate they are different – and Riley had asked her if he was black.
Abigail said: “We’re a special family, our two boys show that. The doctors said they’re one in a million – and I agree.”
I would love to have something like this. It’s so cool. They look so lovely.
Wonders of God
Awww! Miracle working God. They both took from their parents
Message.. Sweet kids
Message.. Sweet kids.
I dnt see much diff frm d boys since their father is mixed race then is possible
it can be irritating when pple continue 2 ask ‘are they twins’ thou i like dem identical
wow Dis is beautiful
Wow……. Too Funny to be true. Is this reAlly possible. Cute little ‘men’ lol
Wao! Dts wonderful
Wow this is beautiful.God is indeed a creative designer
Cuties.
They kinda look alike they are so adorable
Wow this is beautiful
They still look adorable
Wow! So beautiful.
Message..Wonders
Wonders
They are so cute