The mother of one black and one albino twin says strangers keep asking her if the children are hers because of the colour of their skin.
Daniel and David Omirin were born just minutes apart, but they don’t look anything like each other. Despite parents Stacy, 30, and Babajide, 38, being black, baby David has pale white skin and golden hair, while his brother Daniel, has black skin and dark curly hair – just like his parents and four-year-old sister Demilade.
It’s because little David is albino, a condition which means that his skin and hair lack pigmentation, due to a congenital absence of melanin. The twins – who both have beautiful brown eyes – attract attention every time they go outside in Lagos, Nigeria. Mum Stacy, a clothes designer, said the pair are treated like celebs whilst out and about and people often question whether both kids are hers. Read more