NEWS:WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO BLACK AND WHITE TWINS
A woman in Germany has given birth to fraternal twin boys. The first baby named Ryan has lighter skin and blue eyes;the second twin is dark-skinned with brown eyes. The twins’ mother,Florence,who was born in Ghana,West Africa, gave birth to her Black and White twins on July 11th:
The twin boys, named Ryan and Leo, are the offspring of mixed-race couple Florence Addo-Gerth, from Ghana, and her German husband Stephan Gerth.The infants caused a sensation at the Sana Hospital in Lichtenberg, Germany, where they were born last Friday.Birgit Weber, the doctor who helped deliver the babies by ceasarean section, said that in 20 years of practice, this was the first time she had seen differently-coloured twins.“Ryan came first, and everything was as usual,” Fox News quoted Weber as saying.”But when Leo was born, I couldn’t believe my eyesThe infants caused a sensation at the Sana Hospital in Lichtenberg, Germany, where they were born last Friday.Birgit Weber, the doctor who helped deliver the babies by ceasarean section, said that in 20 years of practice, this was the first time she had seen differently-coloured twins.“Ryan came first, and everything was as usual,” Fox News quoted Weber as saying.”But when Leo was born, I couldn’t believe my eyes
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I’ve seen other stories with the same thing happening.They are adorable! You never can tell when,what and how those genes will come out!!
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Sorry, but the “white” twin doesn’t look white. Looks like a light-skinned hispanic or light-skinned black child. Babies usually darken as they age so don’t be surprised if the “white” twin looks different in the coming months. And any two parents who have the gene for blue eyes can produce a blue-eyed child. Look at Solange and her ex-husband. They have a blue-eyed son whose complexion is similar in tone to the twin pictured above. Does that make Solange’s son “white?”
I also find it curious how fluid the definition of “white” has become. The doctors and media automatically label the lighter- skinned child “white” just because he has a lighter skin tone and eye color than his brother. Yet the definition of “black” has become very rigid. According to some people, to be black you must look like Whoopi Goldberg or Shaq or the dark-skinned twin pictured above.
And perhaps those German doctors should travel to Brazil or Puerto Rico or maybe take a class in genetics. Due to the great genetic mixture within those populations it is not uncommon for Brazilian or Puerto Rican parents to have children that are phenotypically different from each other and even the parents. I saw a program on PBS a couple of years ago on the people of Brazil. The show featured a couple who had several children. Both parents had olive complexions. The mother had straight hair and the father had kinky-curly hair. Both had brown eyes. They had two teenage daughters–one had a complexion similar to Halle Berry, the other a complexion similar to Lisa Bonet’s oldest daughter. The dark-skinned daughter had kinky-curly hair like Tracee Ellis Ross. The other daughter had short kinky hair that she wore in a small afro. They had an infant son with blue eyes, olive skin, and straight brown hair. And two other children–a girl and boy–who had medium brown skin, brown eyes, and kinky-curly hair. The parents didn’t seemed fazed by the diversity within their own family. Yet these German doctors found it curious that an INTERRACIAL couple would have two sons that are phenotypically different from each other. My goodness, you can find a diversity in skin tone and grades of hair in African-American families. These German doctors and the media are late!
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This happened in London last year.DNA is amazing!!!!!
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I can see why the doctors were surprised. One would not expect a white German to have the genes necessary to produce such a dark skinned child. People tend to assume fair whites or dark blacks are 100% white/black. Blacks have been living in Germany for centuries, but the Germany isn’t the first to come to mind when thinking of genetically mixed populations like the above mentioned Brazil or Black America.
Did the doctors label the lighter twin “white”? The article says the doctor thought “everything was as usual” when Ryan was delivered. It seems like the media called him white for the contrast. “Woman gives birth to black and medium-brown skinned twins” isn’t as big of an attention grabber.
Either way though, they look like a happy family. I wish them all the best.
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awww bless ther little cotton socks
as long as there healthy thats all that matters…there gorgeous!!!
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The White twin just looks light skinned to me!
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Basically what the others’ said… Black people come in all shades.
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The “white” twin does not looks white, but the “black” one does not look mixed. But that’s genetics for you.
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The lighter twin looks obviously mixed race, but the darker twin looks as if he has no obvious admixture. I’d say DNA testing is in order!
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Wow, I think that it wasn’t expected for the mother to have such a brown baby, with her white husband. She most really have strong dominant genes. Both babies are adorable and I really don’t care what color they are. I wish her and the family the best.
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To BLACK, Solange son eyes are grey not blue,
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Here is a real set of black and white from Australia
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article68181.ece
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God forgive me.
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LOL, Maryamb419, I love your honesty, the mother is funny looking.
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Just goes to show that not all mixed babies are…um………
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It can happen if the mother is black, and the father is white, or the other way around, you can have a light skin and a dark skin baby.
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hmm I guess jenny on the jeffersons really was mixed. and so was chicken george from roots
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What do their shirts say??????
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@MACIE
Their shirts say, “I was born in Oskar!”…go figure.
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@maryamb419 and steffy
…y’all are so rude. How does, “stating the obvious” benefit you? I wouldn’t consider either of you pretty (FAR from it with those attitudes)…
So, if you don’t have anything nice to say…(say it with me)…don’t say anything at all.
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I’ve heard of this happening before…I was amazed when I first heard something like this but now it’s like…ok great. It just goes to show how related we are regardless of the boundaries we set around each other…the husband probably has some black bkground he didn’t know about or something like that…
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[...] NEWS:WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO BLACK AND WHITE TWINS « BLACKCELEBRITYKIDS- Black Celebrity Kids,babies,a… NEWS:WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO BLACK AND WHITE TWINS A woman in Germany has given birth to fraternal twin boys. The first baby named Ryan has lighter skin and blue eyes;the second twin is dark-skinned with brown eyes. The twins’ mother,Florence,who was born in Ghana,West Africa, gave birth to her Black and White twins on July 11th: The twin boys, named Ryan and Leo, are the offspring of mixed-race couple Florence Addo-Gerth, from Ghana, and her German husband Stephan Gerth.The infants caused a sensation at the Sana Hospital in Lichtenberg, Germany, where they were born last Friday.Birgit Weber, the doctor who helped deliver the babies by ceasarean section, said that in 20 years of practice, this was the first time she had seen differently-coloured twins.“Ryan came first, and everything was as usual,” Fox News quoted Weber as saying.”But when Leo was born, I couldn’t believe my eyesThe infants caused a sensation at the Sana Hospital in Lichtenberg, Germany, where they were born last Friday.Birgit Weber, the doctor who helped deliver the babies by ceasarean section, said that in 20 years of practice, this was the first time she had seen differently-coloured twins.“Ryan came first, and everything was as usual,” Fox News quoted Weber as saying.”But when Leo was born, I couldn’t believe my eyes Technorati Tags: Germany,Twins,White,Black [...]
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I don’t get what all the wonder and amazement is about. They’re twins, but obviously fraternal as opposed to identical.
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Both of these babies look Black…like African-American Black, not African Black.
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What is African black and African American black?
Those kids may as well be born in Africa. Not all Africans or black people in Africa are blue black with very course hair. There are very dark ones with different texture hair as well as light ones with coiurser hair.
Please TRAVEL to Africa (different countries/tribes, etc.) and you will stop making these Jim Crow statements.
I have seen South Africans that look Asian with kinky hair and people from Sudan that look indian that are not. So please stop the ignorance..
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Both of these babies look Black…like African-American Black, not African Black.
Jen said this on July 22, 2008 at 3:26 p07
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Check out this link….here you can really see the color difference between the twins…this is another couple.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article68181.ece
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I grew up with some twins they should be about 42 now they are both from black parents one sister is dark skin and the other is light.
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@naija gol
i think ‘oskar’ is the (nick-)name of the hospital/clinic where they were born.
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@Naija Gal
Wow, I’m just surprised that you took that comment to heart like that. I still feel the same way, the woman is funny looking. You can call me rude but so be it. It puzzles me on why you would single maryamb419 and I out. Other people have made similar comments as well. You really contradicted yourself as well, remember it was you who said “So, if you don’t have anything nice to say…(say it with me)…don’t say anything at all”. What you said wasn’t nice at all. But I refuse to entertain you any longer. Hope all is well with everyone. I love Black Celebrity Kids.
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O and for those who don’t know why maryamb419 is a dushbag (aside from the obvious) she condemns people for having opinions that differ from hers but can’t take it dished to her. She must think her opinions reign supreme and should be impervious from attack when she attacks others….I guess…lol
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@Naija Gal
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I just seen your pic on Bossip and your name is african_4_eva. Are you African? Did you get offended because the woman was African and we made negative comments about her appearance? If so, you made the wrong assumption. I could care less if the woman was Asian, White or etc… If she’s funny looking to me, then it is what it is. @Not Buying It, I totally agree with you.
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Opps, I agree with the comment about people being able to express their opinions.
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@Not Buying It
THANK YOU!!!! Unfortunately, Ms. Maryamb419 fails to see that…oh what a horrible web she weaves.
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That is hilarious two of the most cynical and closed minded people would agree on something. ROTFL. LOL
First of all Not buying it you are to funny. I know you are trying to bait me. Not only am I not trying to force my opinions on other. When did I condemn anyone for not agreeing with me. All is ask is for one example if you have two that’s even better.
Second of all of if you try and bait someone at least spell your barbs the right way. LOL It’s spelled douche bag. Seeing as how you are one I would think you would know how to spell it. There goes that theory.LOL
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I should have none Naija Gal was Nigerian. That self important air is all around your statement. The fact that I said she may be the sweetest person meant that her surface was not the only thing that was important. That seems to be what you picked out of everything we said. It’s not my fault you are Nigerian. It’s not my fault you got teased in school because you probably favor the lady in the pic. The fact that you took it personally speaks volumes. I sorry for whatever pain you may have felt because I said I didn’t think the lady was pretty. If you favor her in anyway then I can say I understand your angst but you can’t go preaching and being self-righteous because I don’t get all hot & sweaty for that broad nose and milky eye look.
I didn’t mean it literally obviously the way you took it are you would not have taken the time to go to m-w.com to find the definition. I don’t know if that is for your benefit or mine. When I said how are you any different than a racist I meant due to your close mindedness. Hopefully that is not to much for you to digest. Maybe I should call my sis in law and have her break it down to you. Since both of you obviously have the broad nose so far up in the air you can’t see things for anyone’s perspectives but your own. Be careful with those huge nostrils in the air you might suck up more than you bargain for.LOL
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maryamb419= dushbag (btw, she can tell you how to spell it properly too if you ask her)…hehe
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It takes one to know one. HeHe. I see you didn’t have any ready examples. That is just another example of you speaking out of your nether regions. LOL That’s why you make a perfect douche bag. Because you have some much personal experience with that area, seeing as though you always speak from a** what better person than you to be a douche bag. You are perfect for the position.
Just so you know I loved playing the dozens growing up so I am all for bantering and barbs. LOL
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@Maryamb419
Again, congrats on making yourself look like a buffoon.
Clearly, everyone can read and see who the real idiot is. You seem educated but after reading your last post, I would beg to differ.
Yes, you should have KNOWN (I see that you didn’t use spell check in the first half of your post) that I was Nigerian…better yet, take a glance at my Myspace.com/african_4_eva…you’ll get all the BROAD-NOSED, MILKY EYED, SWEATY AFRICAN-NESS that you can handle…
…and are you foolish enough to bag on your own family member? Please, invite your broad-nosed sister-in-law…we could probably educate you on the importance of looking beyond the surface.
Oh, don’t forget…you wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for your “broad-nosed, big nostriled, milky eyed ancestors” my sistah, you and I are one-in-the-same…
I wonder if they are looking down at you from the heavens and shaking their heads at your ignorance.
Now, go back to your corner…
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maryamb..you know what you said. If you really think I’m going to scroll through the various posts to find your crude remarks, you’re sadly mistaken. Others agree on this post because they’ve read what you’ve said regarding this article and others that was judgemental; embrace your hypocracy (now check the spelling on that, while you’re at it, spell check your posts)…hehe
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Further, why are you even talking, aren’t you supposed to be in a corner or something?!?
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I co-sign with Not Buying It…
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Not buying you don’t have to scroll through all most post to get crude remarks all you have to do is read yours. LOL
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@Mary
Thank you so much for guilty plea.
I see that you are winding down and tiring out. (There you go again with those grammical errors…)
1. Princess and Prince?! Where did you see that?
Again, you are distancing yourself from others by making yourself unapproachable with your superficial comments…everyone (besides Steffie) can see that…
Like I said earlier, we are one-in-the-same…my African family raised all of us to live everyday as if it were our last, nurture and lift ourselves and others around us up (just like yours)…not tear each other down…like you.
Maybe you need to run into some more Africans…because you are the one acting like a bigot…discriminating against others and relying on fabricated beliefs against an ethnicity (…”As well as most of the Nigerian people I have come in contact with. Also what’s with them all claiming to be princesses and princes? Care to explain. It’s amazing how African look down on African-Americans.”)
Deep down, you’re AFRICAN and you can never, ever run from that…ever.
Do you have children? I had to ask.
Anyway, peace be with you my broad-nosed, milky eyed sistah…
…from another broad-nosed, milky eyed sistah.
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I forgot to mention you are quite stunning yourself. So what is your deal?
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The reason I said what I did about the African I met is because that is my truth. All of the Nigerians I have met have come off as mightier than thou. They have good qualities. I love how my sister in law takes care of her family back home. I have a few friends that are married to Nigerians so I am around them all the time. My friends say they love the way the women take care of family, but they are hard to be around because the are very condescending.
As far as my grammatical errors as long as you get my meaning is my only concern. I never liked language arts in school I thought it was boring as hell. I excelled in anything I found challenging. Math and Science were my strong points.
I have four beautiful kids and I am a stay at home mom.
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So people can’t correct your grammtical errors but you can correct others spelling errors? Hmmm..the ways of a hypocrite….
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Nope I didn’t say they couldn’t correct them. I said I didn’t care if I made them as long as my meaning came across. Why you so worried about my grammatical errors you should work on reading comprehension. I cause you don’t know what that means. It means understanding what you read. If not seeking understanding. Next time ask what I meant instead of putting words in my mouth.
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To all my fellow posters, I apologize if I have offended any of you. It’s just bothers me that someone feels that they can tell me how I need to feel or see things. To be honest, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. What may be beautiful to you may be another thing to me. My field of work is politics and we agree and disagree constantly. But my colleagues,peers and I still continue to respect one another. Even though a fellow blogger has decided to resort to name calling, I’m going to be the bigger person. I’m not going to judge her by her comments. Much love to all my fellow posters. @black I loved your post.
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@Naija Gal
THANKYOU FOR TELLING Maryamb419 THE TRUTH,you are awesome.How the woman looks has nothing to do with anything.People are so hateful, Maryamb419 hasn’t told ‘the truth’ it was her opinion and one she should keep to herself.
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-maryamb419 WTF.
“Truth be told. I never like being pretty. Because women were always catty and I would get way more male attention than I wanted. Does my being at a different standard of beauty that the lady mentioned above make me any better than anyone else?”
—Homegirl is having a laugh.I’d really like to see a picture of you.I bet you’re not half as pretty as you think you are.That’s not an attack,that’s me just the’telling the truth’.
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