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‘It’s Super Weird, Super Odd, Super Rare’: Meet The Twins Who Have Different Dads

by Carolyn Wells May 5, 2026May 4, 2026

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‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: meet the twins who have different dads
When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK.”

Model Employees

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 9, 2025December 9, 2025

The dawn of digital twins.

illustration of twin boys sitting down

The Twin Bandits

by Longreads January 9, 2025April 16, 2026

“The police couldn’t figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasn’t just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.”

The Han Twins

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 28, 2021October 19, 2022

“The narrative that emerged was as simplistic as it was appealing: An evil twin, Jeen, had grown so jealous of her minutes-older and higher-achieving sister, Sunny, that she set in motion a barely believable sequence of events. The truth is far more interesting.”

There I Almost Am

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 20, 2021October 19, 2022

“I can be a very generous sister—maternal, even—as long as I am winning.” Jean Garnett writes about envy and being a twin.

The Struggle of Having a Pandemic Baby

by Carolyn Wells March 15, 2021October 14, 2022

Giving birth in the last year has meant a suffocatingly cloistered, rather than a communal, experience.

The Battle to Separate Safa and Marwa

by Carolyn Wells October 20, 2020October 19, 2022

A ground-breaking series of operations in a British hospital separate two sisters fused at the head.

Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Bonds Beyond Language

by Aaron Gilbreath September 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Twins have bonds that exist beyond words, and they fill the gaps left by what cannot be said.

Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Writers tell’: The Devastating Contrasts in Life, Death, and West Virginia

by Krista Stevens April 11, 2019October 19, 2022

“Twelve years later, I birthed my son on my sister’s death day.”

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake

by Ashley Abramson November 10, 2017October 19, 2022

A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.