A German couple becomes famous after giving birth to twins with different
skin colours.

(EU) BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2008) REUTERS -
A couple in Germany have become famous after giving birth to twins
with different skin colours. Leo and Ryan were born in a clinic in Berlin last
Friday (July 11) and have since become of celebrities.
    The babies' mother Florence Gerth, who is originally from Ghana,
described the unproblematic birth as somewhat of a surprise.
    "So he comes out first and he is ok, so I think, it's ok. And then
Leo comes out and Leo is black. And I thought: What's going on? That's what I
said. But then later on I thought, ok it's just nature. God made it and he
knows. But then for the last three or four days I have been looking at the
children because it is amazing. It really is, I don't think it happens very
often," said the proud mother.
    The possibility of such a genetic mix is 1:1 million, the head of the
women's hospital Sana Klinikum in Berlin-Lichtenberg, Sylvia Gericke,
explained. After 21 years in the job Gericke said she had never before seen a
birth of twins, one black and one white.    
    "Experts say that it is even rarer than that. No real work has
been done about it so there are no statistics," she told Reuters.  
    But all of it was irrelevant to parents of Ryan and Leo who were purely
happy that both of the boys were healthy. According to the hospital, Ryan now
weighs 2650 grams and is 49 centimetres long. His brother Leo is one
centimetre longer and weighed in at 2606 grams. 
    Family Gerth left the hospital and made their way home on Friday
afternoon.