Indian village with 220 sets of twins !

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Are Rizks and Pajju frm Kodinhi ?????????

Beautiful kids ....

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Baffled doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village boasting more than 220 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families.

Experts who have visited the remote tropical village of Kodinhi, in Kerala, have been left scratching their heads over the phenomenon that has seen almost six times as many twins born than the global average.

In 2008 alone 15 pairs of twins were born in the village out of 300 healthy deliveries and this year is expected to top that number.

Local doctor and twin enthusiast Dr Krishnan Sribiju has been studying the medical marvel of Kodinhi for the past two years.
'In my medical opinion there are around 300 to 350 twins within the village boundaries of Kodinhi,' he said.
'What is fascinating is the increasing numbers of twins with each passing year, so much so that I feel in the past ten years the number of twins in Kodinhi has doubled.'

'To the best of my knowledge this medical marvel began somewhere between 60 to 70 years ago.
'Without access to detailed biochemical analysis equipment I cannot say for certain what the reason for the twinning is, but I feel that it is something to do with what the villagers eat and drink.
The residents of Kodinhi, which is in the lush state of Kerala in the south of India, have even taken to calling their home 'twin town' and have gone as far as to set up the Twins and Kin Association (TAKA).

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By Dracula• 11 May 2009 20:26
Rating: 4/5
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By someonenew• 11 May 2009 20:23
someonenew

Thats interesting....

"Ali Baba and 40 thieves" are now "Ali Baba and 30 thieves" ; 10 were laid off.

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