Jul 18, 2008 7:15 pm US/Eastern
Twins With Different Skin Color Born In Germany
Experts: 1 In A Million Chance Of This Happening
BERLIN (CBS) ―
Twin boys with different skin color have been born to a German father and Ghanaian mother in a Berlin hospital, hospital officials said.
According to reports, experts say that there is a one-in-a-million chance for a birth of this kind but it is possible if genes are mixed in certain way.
The twins were born by Caesarean section on Friday, July 11, but they were kept from public until Wednesday, German television reported.
"Yes, I did not believe it, almost until now," their mother Florence Gerth said.
"They are five days old now and I'm still looking at them and asking myself: Are they my children? It is unbelievable, it is unbelievable. And I thank God, that it's me, because I've heard that the odds are one in one million," she added.
Stephan Gerth, the twins' father, said "It is important that they are healthy and lively."
"This is the most important thing. If white or black, this is of second-rank in this case," he said.
Ryan has lighter skin than his twin Leo. Their mother, Florence originally comes from Ghana and their father, Stephan is from Potsdam near Berlin. They have been married for eight years.
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