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A woman with a rare birthmark has discovered that she is actually her own twin
What would you do if you found out you're a physical combination of two people, and no, we'm not talking about your parents.
Taylor Mohel discovered that what she thought was a birthmark on her stomach was actually proof that she was made up of another person
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Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 11:08
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Unbelievable: A woman in the US gave birth to 3 pairs of twins in 2 years ("Story in a Minute" system)
Singer Taylor Mohel of California has a rare birthmark in the center of her body - one side of her abdomen and back is redder.
It also has some other features that until recently looked like something random.
"Everything on the left side of my body is slightly larger than the right side," she wrote on her blog.
"I have a double tooth on the left side of my mouth and many sensitivities and allergies to foods, medications, supplements, jewelry and insect bites."
After researching and going through a number of doctors she discovered that she had two types of DNA.
"Not only that, I was told I had two immune systems and two blood types."
The reason for all this is that Taylor has a tetragematic chimera.
This happens when two separate eggs are fertilized by two different sperm, and then one embryo absorbs the other in the early stages of development.
People with this type of chimera may have two different blood types or eye color.
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Chimerism (named after a mythological animal that was a mixture of lion, goat and snake) is a rare condition and there are about 1,000 such documented cases in humans.
People suffering from the condition can live without complications from it, except for pigmentation.
For example, some people became aware of their condition only after blood tests.
In 2006, if she had to prove that her children were hers, after a blood test showed that her DNA did not match her children's DNA, due to the presence of a twin's DNA.
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In chimeric people, most cells usually come from a single DNA system, Live Science reports.
In some cases, a person can develop double genitals - male and female - if the twin embryos from which he is developed contain different chromosomes (ie if one twin is male and the other is female).
Half and half.
Lining of Taylor Mohel (Photo: Screenshot, YouTube The Doctors)
In Taylor's case, the two embryos from which she evolved were female.
However, she suffered from health problems because of the DNA mixture.
"My body reacts to my cells as a foreign substance, endangering my immune system and making it much more vulnerable than the average person. Because of that, I suffer from autoimmune and health challenges."
Taylor first discovered she was actually her twin in 2009, but only revealed this to the public in recent years to spread awareness of his condition and his connection to autoimmune disorders.
"I felt it was important to present all my physical demarcation because in the entertainment business there is tremendous pressure to look perfect physically or within a certain stereotype," she wrote, From them to seek their dreams, to love themselves unconditionally and to know that they are just as beautiful as they are. "
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