article_snippet: A striking set of twins, who were born with radically different colouring thanks to mixed-race parentage, have revealed how A striking set of twins, who were born with radically different colouring thanks to mixed-race parentage constantly have to explain A striking set of twins, who were born with radically different colouring thanks to mixed-race parentage looks to curious strangers.
article_snippet: Donna is white, and in a genetic quirk, together Lucy and Maria's mother Donna managed to produce one white twin and one black twin.
article_snippet: ‘Our brothers and sisters have skin which is inbetween Maria and
article_snippet: But my grandmother has a very fair English rose complexion, just like mine.
article_snippet: my grandmother added:
article_snippet: father Vince is white, and twins siblings George, Chynna and Jordan all have darker skin than Donna and lighter than Maria .
article_snippet: half-Jamaican mother carries genes for both white and black skin.
article_snippet: By chance, Donna will have inherited genes for white skin and Maria will have genes that code for black skin.
article_snippet: People with Afro-Caribbean heritage often have some European DNA, dating back in many cases to the slave trade.
article_snippet: This increases the chance of People with Afro-Caribbean heritage passing on a gene for white skin to at least one twin.
article_snippet: But Maria loves telling people at college that Maria has a white twin –
article_snippet: and I’m very proud of having a black twin.
highlights_snippet: Gloucester father Vince is white .
  