Marcia and Millie Biggs, 11, are like any other sisters: attached at the hip and protective of each other. But they are often mistaken by strangers as best friends, not twin sisters. That's because Marcia has pale skin, big blue eyes and blonde hair. Her fraternal twin sister Millie is slightly taller, has darker skin, brown eyes and hair just like Marcia's — only jet black. The twins are also featured on the April issue of National Geographic magazine.
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The siblings reflect their parents in the most remarkable way: Kalani has fair skin like her mother, who is white, and Jarani has brown skin like her dad, who is black. Meyer recalls the surprise she got when the girls were born on April 23, in Quincy, Illinois. I was just in denial, because you know the odds of this? The girls were born nearly two years after Meyer's 2-year-old son, Pravyn, drowned while under the supervision of his day care provider.
Marcia and Millie Biggs, 11, are like any other sisters: attached at the hip and protective of each other. But they are often mistaken by strangers as best friends, not twin sisters. That's because Marcia has pale skin, big blue eyes and blonde hair. Her fraternal twin sister Millie is slightly taller, has darker skin, brown eyes and hair just like Marcia's — only jet black. The twins are also featured on the April issue of National Geographic magazine.
All rights reserved. They settled down in Birmingham, England, eager to start a family. On July 3, , Amanda gave birth to fraternal twin girls, and the ecstatic parents gave their daughters intertwined names: One would be Millie Marcia Madge Biggs, the other Marcia Millie Madge Biggs. From a young age the girls had similar features but very different color schemes.