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Wait . . . These Babies Are Cousins AND Twin Brothers?

This sounds confusing at first, but we’ll explain:  Two babies in Virginia are going viral because they’re cousins . . . and also twin BROTHERS.  (???)  Don’t worry, we’re not talking about incest…

Twins Parade Held In Twinsburg

TWINSBURG, OH – AUGUST 3: Twins Gabriella and Isabella Belsito, 7-mos-old, prepare to take part in the Double Take Parade August 3, 2002 at the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

This sounds confusing at first, but we'll explain:  Two babies in Virginia are going viral because they're cousins . . . and also twin BROTHERS.  (???)  Don't worry, we're not talking about incest here.

They're really just cousins.  But they've got the same DNA, because both sets of parents are IDENTICAL TWINS.  Their moms are identical and married two identical twin brothers.  So in addition to being cousins, the two babies are also "genetic brothers," and something called "quaternary twins."

They're not identical, but look VERY similar.  And if they took a DNA test, it would say they're siblings, even though they're not.  Their parents met in 2017 at a festival for twins, and got married a year later.  Now they all live together in the same house

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