Mom Of Black And White Twins Often Gets Asked Which One Of The Boys Is Hers
Three years ago in February, Stacy, a 31-year-old Nigerian mother from Lagos, gave birth to identical twin boys, Daniel and David, who look very different because David has albinism. Daniel has dark skin and black curly hair, resembling their 5-year-old sister Demilade, while David has pale skin and golden curls, which surprised everyone at birth.
The parents didn’t know about the difference during pregnancy as the scans didn’t reveal it. When Daniel was born first with dark hair, and then David with golden hair, doctors thought they might not be identical twins. Nurses came out to see the rare sight. Stacy’s husband was overwhelmed and lovingly nicknamed David “Mr. Golden.”
David has oculocutaneous albinism, a rare hereditary condition affecting skin, hair, and eyes, occurring in about…
