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The twin sisters born out of the same egg are identical twins but born with different skin colors, one is black and the other one is white, the first of its kind in UK.

37-year-old Libby Appleby was told that her unborn babies are identical twins and that they would look so similar that they would have to mark them with ink to tell them apart. However, when Amelia and Jasmine were born, former had dark skin, black hair and brown eyes while the latter had white skin, blue eyes and curly hair, as reported by Metro

Even though they have contrasting skin tones, the sisters are identical, albeit genetically and are considered to be the first such case in the country. Ms. Appleby said, "When they were born, we were flabbergasted, even the doctors couldn't believe it, says Mirror

"They look like they're different races. Amelia is the spitting image of her dad, while Jasmine is a mini version of me."

She added that "We get a lot of funny looks when we tell people the girls are actually identical."

Ms. Appleby and her partner for 3 years, Tafadzwa Madzimbamuto, a 40-year-old electrical engineer, found out about her pregnancy in 2014. Three months later, the couple was told that they will have twins and University Durham Hospital also warnd that the kids will be so similar that they would be hard tell apart. Ms. Appleby recounts that the medics were flabbergasted when they delivered the girls who technically formed from the same egg but developed in separate sacs.

She added: "We put them next to each other in a cot and couldn't believe how different they were. Amelia was so much darker than Jasmine, they barely even looked related.

"Doctors told us the chances of conceiving mixed race twins are one in a million. We were thrilled they were so unique," as reported by Telegraph