One is black and has big brown eyes. The other is a blue-eyed blonde with the palest of skin.
They might share the same cheeky smile, but side by side, they could hardly look less alike.
It can usually be difficult to tell twinsapart – but not this pair. These beautiful twins share the same cheeky smile but Kian Hodgson’s skin is dark and she has black hair while her sister Remee is blonde with pale skin.
The twins, who were born within a minute of each other, owe their different appearances to a one in a million combination of their parents’ genes. Their mum Kylee Hodgson and dad Remi Horder both have white mothers and black fathers.
Their mother Kylee Hodgson, 25, says: “When they were born it seemed hard to believe that they were twins as they looked so different.
“I had expected that as they grew older that they may grow more similar and the difference between them would become less obvious But if anything, their skin colour is even more striking now.
“Remee is still very pale skinned and her hair has stayed a white-blond. Kian’s skin has gone even darker than when she was first born. But they never question the difference between them.
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They never ask me why they look so different to each other. They just accept it and they are so incredibly close.
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The amazing conception happened after two eggs were fertilised at the same time in their mother Kylee’s womb (as in all non-identical twins_.
The couple, who have since separated, were both stunned when they discovered Kylee was pregnant with twins. But when the twins were born in April 2005 by Caesarean, Kylee had an even bigger shock. Remee arrived first, weighing 5lb 5oz, then followed a minute later by Kian, weighing 6lb.