Twins!
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Nature never ceases to amaze me. When a coworker told me about a set of Australian twins born, one baby black and the other white, my mind immediately jumped to a Jerry Springer-like scenario: the white momma must’ve messed around with more than one man in a small timeframe and created quite the spermicidal mix within her womb. Once I read the article, my skeptical theory ruptured into smithereens.
By Tracy Stokes, BET.com Staff Writer & Wire Services
Posted Oct. 25, 2006 – If you've ever checked out an episode of the '70s sitcom, "The Jefferson's," you know that Tom Willis, a White man, married Helen, a Black woman, and they had two kids -- one Black and one White.
Well, an interracial couple in Australia, believed to be the first in the country, naturally conceived one Black and one White girl, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Natasha Knight, 35, of Jamaican-English heritage and father Michael Singerl, 34, of German heritage, said they were blown away when they saw how different their twin daughters, Alicia and Jasmin, were.
"When they were born, you could see there was a color difference straight away. We couldn't believe it,'' Knight told The Telegraph.
"Alicia's eyes were brown and her hair was dark. Jasmin's eyes were blue and her hair was white. You could hardly see her hair or her eyebrows.
We were joking when I was pregnant about what if one baby looked like me and one looked like Michael. We joked about one light one, one dark one, so it was amazing when it actually happened.''
Knight said that she often gets stares when she's out with them and some folks have even come up to her and asked if both girls were hers, followed by questions of whether there was a mix-up at the hospital.
But there was no mix-up, Knight said, adding that they are both her beautiful girls.
Genetics experts say rarely does a mixed-race woman's eggs contain genes for predominantly one skin color. In most cases the eggs are a mixture of genes for both Black and White skin.
A scientist, I am not. I can read about genetics until I’m blue in the face, without much gain. Yet, I do comprehend that this is a rare genetic fluke and I believe these girls will gain a fairly unusual racial perspective. Mother nature proves again she’s an awesome force.
Speaking of babies, we adopted a Boxer/Great Dane mix a week ago from the Gardner Animal Hospital. We saw her on Petfinder.com and went to meet the ‘little’ gal and immediately fell in love. The shelter had named her Zena, yet there was one problem. We have a cat named Xena. Because she was a stray, they didn’t feel she had become too attached to her name. After tossing around some names, we agreed Roxy fit this sweet foxy thang. Who knew that this lap dog lovin' woman could fall for such a big, clunky dog? Turns out that Roxy *thinks* she's a lap dog. So maybe falling for her wasn't such a stretch.
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Posted by TheEleventhStephanie (anonymous) on October 30, 2006 at 12:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps the Australian couple could swap for one of these?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15447465/
Posted by ladylaw (Terry Bush) on October 30, 2006 at 1:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's an epidemic I tell you. Isn't genetics fascinating stuff?
Posted by beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) on October 30, 2006 at 9:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Aw - bunch of good lookin' babies. Guess it's more common than you'd think!
LL - yep...kinda makes me wonder what my little ones will look like once the time is right...
Posted by meg (anonymous) on October 31, 2006 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Woohoo. Another blog! I was getting worried there. It'd have to be incredibly interesting to experience life as either the parents or twins. I think you also mentioned a puppy, but I'm a visual gal-saw the babies, no pic of the dog.
Posted by beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) on October 31, 2006 at 1:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
alive and well...incredibly lazy. what else is new?
scroll to the bottom of the blog and click on the blue words "link to my Foxy Roxy." that's my new "baby."
Posted by thetomdotdot (anonymous) on November 2, 2006 at 11:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I can hear it now.
"Of course I care about black people. Hell my twin brother is black. I shared womb and nipple with a black man."
"Racist! You don't even know how racist you are you are so racist."
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