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A few years back, parents Whitney Meyer and Tomas Dean had given birth to a son with a lighter complexion. It was obvious that he took after his mother, Meyer, who was Caucasian because Dean is African American.
When Meyer became pregnant again, this time with twins, she and her husband were eager to see who their baby girls would take after in appearance.
They never once guessed that their girls would turn out biracial.
Kalani and Jarani Dean were born in April 2016. Kalani has her mother’s paler complexion and blue eyes, but Jarani takes after her father’s darker complexion and has brown eyes.
According to doctors, Kalani and Jarani are “chromosome twins,” or “mixed twins.” Each twin was fertilized by a different sperm cell in separate eggs, meaning they’re only fraternal twins.
A person’s skin tone is actually only controlled by a small number of genes, so it is possible for siblings to have quite a large difference in their complexion.
But for this to happen among twins like Kalani and Jarani, is almost impossible. Reports say that this happens in only 1 out of 500 births.
Parents Meyer and Dean love that their girls are so unique. “At first when they were born, I wanted to believe it but it’s so rare I didn’t think it’d happen to my twins! But sure enough they’re biracial twins!” Meyer said.
Meyer is also happy to report that the girls are healthy and growing well. Kalani is already crawling around at nine months old and has tons of energy, but Jarani is a little less active and prefers eating instead.
