http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged twin en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:53 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/california-twin-sisters-deaths-were-natural-sheriff-says/ Five months after authorities launched an investigation into the mysterious deaths of elderly twin sisters at their South Lake Tahoe home, investigators have concluded the 73-year-olds died of natural causes. El Dorado County sheriff's deputies said Thursday that a window was open at the home, and Joan Miller apparently died from hypothermia after Patricia Miller died of coronary artery disease. ]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:30:05 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/california-twin-sisters-deaths-were-natural-sheriff-says/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/identical-degrees-for-twin-students/ Identical twins Mel and Hollie Walker have both achieved first class honours in law. The 22-year-olds from Teesside, have graduated with the same degree from Northumbria University. The sisters from Teesside scored the same marks and now they are both starting their careers at the same firm. They are also celebrating awards for achieving the highest grades in employment law, scoring identical marks despite answering different questions. ]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:52:29 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/identical-degrees-for-twin-students/ http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/sixth-sense-mans-headaches-led-to-reveal-a-tumor-in-base-of-his-identical-twin-brothers-skull/ Medical experts are describing it as an extraordinary example of sixth-sense - an identical twin's headaches which led to his brother having a life-saving brain tumor operation. When Sydney man Brenton Gurney, 38, began suffering from a series of headaches, he went for a brain scan, which revealed nothing wrong. But Brenton then suggested his identical twin Craig should go for a check up - and specialists found a 1.6in brain tumor in the base of his skull. %0... ]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 00:21:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/sixth-sense-mans-headaches-led-to-reveal-a-tumor-in-base-of-his-identical-twin-brothers-skull/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/utah-man-is-married-to-identical-twin-sisters-and-their-cousin/ From their brunette hair to their dress sense, twin sisters Vicki and Valerie Darger have a number of things in common. But the 42-year-olds share more than just their looks - they are both married to the same man. The sisters are in a polygamous marriage with Joe, 43, who is also wed to a third woman - their cousin Alina. The Dargers, who are fundamentalist Mormons from Salt Lake City, Utah, live together in a large family home and have 24 children between... ]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 16:38:02 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/utah-man-is-married-to-identical-twin-sisters-and-their-cousin/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/christine-bolden-give-birth-to-twins-after-fatal-brain-aneurysm/ A WOMAN who suffered a fatal brain aneurysm has given birth to twin boys at a Michigan hospital - weeks after she was declared officially brain dead. Christine Bolden, 26, who had been happy and healthy only moments before the tragic March incident, suddenly got a horrible pain and fell to the ground. Two aneurysms, hidden since her birth, had finally burst. Doctors declared her brain dead, but she was miraculously able to carry her twins Alexander a... ]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:03:51 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/christine-bolden-give-birth-to-twins-after-fatal-brain-aneurysm/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/video-a-lioness-gives-birth-to-tiger-lion-hybrid-twins/ With a father that's a tiger, a lion mother gave birth to a pair of tigon twins and a lion cub in the same litter, for the first time in the world. ]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:43:53 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/video-a-lioness-gives-birth-to-tiger-lion-hybrid-twins/ http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/twin-trouble-prank/ "Woman with little outside is exactly the same as woman with little girl inside." ]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:53:41 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/twin-trouble-prank/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/identical-twins-are-uniquely-different/ Identical twins Sienna and Sierra Bernal really are unique - as one is less than half the size of her sister. The 13-year-olds, from Houston, Texas, are the only identical twins in the world in which one is a primordial dwarf. Sienna weighs half as much as Sierra and stands just 4ft tall, compared to her twin's 5ft 1ins height. The blonde-haired blue-eyed teens both love shopping, wearing make-up and giggling about boys. But due to a rare b... ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:28 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/identical-twins-are-uniquely-different/ http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/boy-has-twins-body-in-stomach/ Doctors in Peru said they would operate today on a 3-year-old boy to remove the body of his would-be twin. Isbac Pacunda has the body of his twin inside his stomach – bones, eyes and even hair on the cranium. Dr. Carlos Astocondor, a plastic surgeon at the Las Mercedes Hospital in Chiclayo, told the Associated Press that the partially formed fetus weighs about a pound and a half and is 9 inches long. He and a team of 12 doctors will surgically remove the tissue from the... ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:09:48 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/boy-has-twins-body-in-stomach/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/twin-sisters-mother-and-daughter-give-birth-same-day/ December 21st was a big day for 17-year-old Brianna Guerrero, she became a big sister. But she also became a mother. Brianna Guerrero gave birth to a healthy 9 pound 9 ounce son named Ayden at 6:52 a.m. Wednesday, only 6 hours after her mother, Jessica Rotter, gave birth to Ayden’s uncle. The mother and daughter pair, who were not due to deliver on the same day, gave birth one room apart at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Ill. ]]> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:57:58 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/twin-sisters-mother-and-daughter-give-birth-same-day/