In the U.S. state of Minnesota, something very unusual happened: the children of two different women turned out to be genetic twins who look a lot alike.
Doctors who watched the women give birth told the press that they had never seen anything like it before, even if there are good reasons for it.
The whole story started with Kyle Pierce and his wife Kelsey. For many years, Kelsey couldn’t get pregnant, and Kyle and Kelsey were already making plans for IVF.
But the process could hurt Kelsey’s health in a big way, so the couple didn’t make a choice right away.
Lisa, the girl’s mother, was very worried about her daughter and did everything she could to help her.
One day, she read a story about how the mother of a child who couldn’t have children helped a couple have a child with similar genes. She chose to follow this pattern.
Kyle and Kelsey were happy about this possibility, and Lisa soon got pregnant with the help of artificial insemination.
But a month later, everyone was surprised to hear that the couple’s own efforts had worked, and Kelsey is also pregnant.
After more than six months, both women had girls who, it turns out, have more in common with each other than many sets of relatives or even twins.
The girls’ names are Everly Rose and Ava Ray, and they now live with a big, loving family.
Local experts were very interested in this case, and they came to an understanding with the parents of the “twins” about several genetic studies that are safe for girls.
During their course, they found out that not only do the sisters look alike, as you might expect from family, but their DNA code is also very similar.
Most of the gene set’s traits were passed down from Lisa and Kelsey.