article_snippet: One has straight ginger hair, a fair complexion and deep blue eyes.
article_snippet: The other has masses of curls, far darker skin and Lucy eyes are a sparkling brown.
article_snippet: The girls were born with radically different colouring thanks to a quirk of The girls mixed-race parentage.
article_snippet: Fair-haired Lucy, who lives with Their mother Donna family in Gloucester, said: ‘It was such a shock for Their mother Donna because things like skin colour don’t show up on scans before birth. '
article_snippet: Lucy said: ‘Our brothers and sisters have skin which is inbetween Maria and
article_snippet: By chance, Lucy will have inherited genes for white skin and Maria will have genes that code for black skin.
article_snippet: But my grandmother has a very fair English rose complexion, just like mine.
highlights_snippet: Lucy has fair skin and ginger hair, while Maria is darker with curls .
  