Minggu, 15 Mei 2011

One village of 230 People Have Twins

Walk around the village of Kodinji, north Kerala, India, do not be surprised if you think you have double vision. because the village is indeed similar to many people.

yes, indeed kodinji village has 230 pairs of twins. no one knows why there are a lot of twins in the village had a population of 15,000 people. but a local doctor declared the possibility it is related to water issues.

In the village kodinji, 35-45 birth of every child there is a twin birth. this amount is four times more than normal. it is not surprising if the village in north Kerala, India, the famous "twin villages."

A recent survey conducted Kodinji Association of Families and Twins (TAKA) shows, there are 204 sets of twins in the village. surveys conducted door-to-door earlier this year.

but when combined with the results of previous surveys, the kemunngkinan number of 230 couples, locals said. amount still will increase again because there are five women in villages who are pregnant with twins.

Medical Kejaiban
"Truly a phenomenon that menajubkan see a medical miracle occurs remote region, a place where there are no chemicals or dangerous drugs that affect. This village virgin" said Dr.sribuju, a researcher.

pathummakutty and hipathutty, both aged 65, is the oldest twins in the village. As for the youngest is Rifa ayeshandan Ritha Ayesha. both newly born 10 June last. identical twins are very difficult to distinguish. but his parents claim to distinguish between them.

live life as twins do not always easy. pathummakutty recalls how his parents struggled to support him and his brother as a child. but he also remembers the good times like when they laugh together because of the confusion of people thought she was his twin brother.

So many children are twins, the teachers in kodinji often wrong pointing. Salmabi, one student who has a twin sister, had felt very upset because he was accused of doing what his twin brother. "It always happens every time" he said.

Scientists are still trying to uncover the mystery of why there are many sets of twins in the village. "Based on scientific facts, we suspect it is caused by environmental factors. Can be oxygen content of water," said MK sribuju, a local doctor.

He said the main cause multiple births usually are the drugs. in the western world they are having twins largely been taking fertility drugs, because their eating habits, or excessive consumption of a drug.

The birth of twins is also influenced by the higher age of marriage. people who marry late are at risk of having twins, she said. but it also does not apply in kodinji. partly because the village's residents besat married at age 18 to 20 years.
"All factors that can trigger the birth of twins do not we meet in sini.apa causes of this phenomenon is unknown," he said.

Villagers believe kodinji twinning associated with water. kodinji is the village land surrounded by water. during the rainy season the village is inaccessible due to heavy rains. while scientists try to find the cause of many twins in the village, busy parents ask their children for not always together. but the effort was not much help given the many twins who have similar names and wearing clothes that almost no difference.

Parents are also often hassle because one of the twins was sick, it will be followed by his twin brother. despite this, for about a hobby is not all the same. identical twins so-and-abhi for example like a different movie star. for the affairs of their sport is not the same. which one likes to play cricket, while others menggandrungi football.
with all the attention that was appointed to the twins on kodinji, Ajmer (12) felt that being a twin is trendy.



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