These adorable siblings are thought to be the first ‘black and white’ twins born in the UK - despite coming from the same egg.

Mum Libby Appleby, 37, was told that her unborn babies would look so similar they would need to be “marked with ink” to tell them apart.

But Libby was stunned when Amelia was born with dark skin, black hair and brown eyes - while her sister Jasmine has fair skin, blue eyes and mousey curls.

Amazingly, the siblings are genetically identical despite contrasting skin tones, and are believed to be first of their kind in the country.

Mum Libby Appleby, 37, from West Rainton, County Durham, said: 'When they were born, we were flabbergasted, even the doctors couldn’t believe it.

'They look like they’re different races.

'Amelia is the spitting image of her dad, while Jasmine is a mini version of me.’

Libby and partner of three years, engineer Tafadzwa Madzimbamuto, 40, found out she was pregnant in June 2014.

Only three months later they were told that Libby was expecting identical twins, and it would be tough to tell them apart.

Describing the moment that she first saw the new-borns, Libby said: ‘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.’

Awww... very cute twins makes a nigga think of having his own child.

My prayer is an opposite gender Twin set. And that will be all.

Cute. I am having twins next! I declare it in Jesus name! Amen!

why was the fair one featured more distinctively than the darker one in the first pics, as if they are trying to say something about the colours, I'm just saying.