The Twincredible

[F. Shaddel]

Try medical phenomenons with your Homeopathic knowledge - July 2007.
http://drinlove.blogspot.com/
Regards
Shaddel

[Shannon Nelson]

An interesting occurrence, but I draw a blank in trying to see how
homeopathic knowledge applies to the situation! Why would it? Each
baby got a selection from the genes of each parent; to have an extreme
(e.g. very light child of dark parents) is unusual but far from unheard
of; to have the two extremes born as twins--well, I would not have
thought one-in-a-million, but perhaps it's so. Still, I don't know
where homeopathic knowledge comes into play--can anyone put me out of
my misery???
Shannon

[Irene de Villiers]

Robert & Shannon Nelson wrote:

Well there is nothing surprising here at all. Those are not identical
twins from one egg - they are fraternal twins - simply two siblings
growing separately but at the same time - each with their own DNA.

As to skin color, it is controlled not by major genes but by polygenes -
and therefore can be any shade between the shades of the parents plus a
slightly more extreme version of either one.

To me, based on genetics - the surprise would be if they were the same
color.

It's like breeding a pale grey cat and a dark grey cat (also polygenic)
and being surprised to get pale and dark grey kittens.

Homeopathy is not relevant to their being dissimilar. It is only
relevant if you look at constitutional types. There's nothing surprising
there either - different siblings, different constitutional types - same
as if the two siblings were different ages.
Even genetically identical twins can be different constitutional types -
(though they would be similar skin colors.)

Someone is making a big deal out of something that is normal:-)

NAmaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Tanya Marquette]

the thing that concerned me was the characterization of the
kids behavior in link with the color. in the usa, that begins
to reek of some old racial stereotypes/or is it gender stereotypes!
i would be really careful on that one.
tanya

[Shannon Nelson]

Owowowowow!!
If these were in fact the kids' personalities, is one not allowed to
say so?
Ooooouuuucccchhhh. As Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
And sometimes an observation is just an observation. These are *two
kids*, not metaphor personified!

Shannon

[Irene de Villiers]

There was none.
Why are you inventing it?
The text simply says:
"They're also developing different personalities - Marcia's laid-back
and Millie's the crafty one."

ALL kids have different personalities, it's part of their constitutional
type Did you want them both to have the SAME personality?
In whose imagination? Seems to me some people go overboard *looking* for
places to interpret as race-sensitive or gender-sensitive or
something-sensitive where is no cause for it.

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Tanya Marquette]

well, judging from posts over the past few yrs, i
think i can say that i live in a world that looks very
different from most of the writers on this list. and
i will raise questions of bias and bigotry when i see them.
in this case it strikes me that the personality characteristics
are in link with their color and i have to question that. i
need to wonder why others pretend to be so color blind in a
world that is anything but. so again, i raise this question.
why aren't different words used to describe these infants? why
isnt the white baby considered lazy or the dark baby considered
inquisitive? wouldn't those words equally describe their
behavior? i just get tired of the same old cliches related to
race/color and people who should be more observant not wanting
to see.
i have said my piece/peace and i am done with this one.
tanya

[Irene de Villiers]

Tanya Marquette wrote:

It is easy to see things that are not there if you are looking for them.
There's an old saying - if you look for trouble, you'll find it:-)
This is especially true when reading words as their meaning changes if
you are looking for trouble - you tend to accent the wrong items.

So if you read something LOOKING for bigotry etc every time you see the
words black or white (or some other favourite bias triggers) - then
indeed the bigotry can be imagined and is actually only in the eyes of
the beholder as was the case here.
If you look for good, you'll find it instead:-)

When there is true bigotry - it will stick you in the eye without your
looking for it - when you just read non-judgementally with no triggers

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."