Due to their skin tones, twins Maria and Lucy, who are of distinct races, are frequently confused for companions rather than sisters.
The fact that one of these UK siblings is white and the other is black always draws notice to them.
Their mother was partly Jamaican, their father was Caucasian, and they were born in 1997.
The sisters were accustomed to people mistaking them for pals all the time, and they occasionally had to produce birth documents to demonstrate that they were actually related.
„Because Maria is black and I am Caucasian, no one ever thinks we are sisters.
We don’t even resemble regular sisters, much less twins, even when we are outfitted similarly, says Lucy.
Twin mother Donna Douglas recalls vividly the moment she first saw her girls after giving birth.
She was taken aback because scanning cannot tell the colour of a woman’s epidermis prior to giving delivery.
She was unaware of our differences, therefore. And when the nurse handed her both of us, mom just passed out,“ said Lucy.
The females are mentally distinct from one another in the same way that they are physically different from one another.
At Gloucester College, Lucy—who has red hair and very pale skin—studies art and design.
Maria, who has tawny complexion and brown hair, is a Cheltenham College student majoring in both psychology and law.
They have siblings with various complexion tones, including their brothers and sisters.
„All of our elder siblings have complexion tones that are similar to mine and Lucy’s.
In other words, they are situated in the middle of the colour range, while she and I are at the extremities.
The fact that she and her sister are so dissimilar makes her happy: „It’s great to have a sibling who is totally different from you because nobody ever confuses you with him.
The majority of twins are similar to two peas in a pod, but Maria and I are hardly more different from one another than we already are,“ said Lucy.