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Ամերիկացի քույրերը երկվորյակ են, սակայն մեկը սևամորթ է, մյուսը՝ սպիտակամորթ (լուսանկարներ)

13 Փետրվար, 2017 15:41
Ամերիկացի քույրերը երկվորյակ են, սակայն մեկը սևամորթ է, մյուսը՝ սպիտակամորթ (լուսանկարներ)

Միացյալ Նահանգներում բնակվող 21-ամյա Բրեանա և Բրիթնի Սինկոտաներին երկվորյակ են, սակայն ունեն մաշկի տարբեր գույն:

Նրանք պատմել են, որ իրենցից մեկը՝ Բրեանան, նման է հորը, որը սպիտակամորթ է, մինչդեռ Բրիթնին նման է սևամորթ մորը: Բրեանայի խոսքով, երբ ինքը 7 տարեկան էր, արտաքին տարբերության պատճառով կասկածում էր, որ որդեգիր երեխա է:

«Կարծում էի, թե նրանք ինձ մանկատնից են վերցրել, ուստի, երբ 7 տարեկան էի, պահանջեցի ծնողներիցս ինձ ցույց տալ ծննդյանս վկայականը: Փաստաթուղթը տեսնելուց հետո միայն կասկածներս ցրվեցին»,-պատմել է Բրեանան:          

 

Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was hard on Breana (pictured at 4). She had a hard time making friends and was bullied by her classmates Brittney (pictured at 4) had a hard time seeing her sister get teased for no reason except her skin tone

 The Cincottas (pictured) have been through a lot but are still a gracious Southern family.  The twins' dad Joseph (center right) suffered a stroke in September and is still recovering. But through everything, their mom Marilyn (center left) said the girls have really stepped up: 'They have been here 100%. They’ve showed me they are mature young ladies'

Because Brittney (pictured at 10) has a darker complexion, people rarely ask her about her race. She said: 'That's what bothers me. They're just guessing instead of asking' Breana (pictured at 10) gets questions about her race all the time. Sometimes people even tell her to choose sides. She said: 'They're like, "either you're black or you're white. You can't be both". But we are both. We're biracial'

Brittney (left) and Breana (right) had an older brother Christopher (center). He passed away in 2009 when he was 19. The siblings are pictured in 1999. Brittney and Breana are three and Christopher is nine

Even though the girls are twins, they're almost like opposites in taste. Breana (left) is more of a tomboy and plans on going into the Air Force and Brittney (right) is more girly and is studying to become a teacher. Breana said: ‘We’re just born on the same day. We’re completely opposite’

Breana (right, at 17) said that the bullying has stopped, but people still refuse to believe that she and Brittney (left) are sisters. Breana said: ‘Even now when we go out, the bouncers always think we have fake IDs’

Even though the teasing and constant questions are hard to navigate, the girls never thought anything was strange when they were at home. Brittney (left) said: ‘We didn’t grow up thinking anything different. We just accepted it because we knew we looked like both of our parents, which in our home was just different'

Though Brittney (left) and Breana (right) are biracial, the way North Carolina recognizes race is by the mother. So even though Breana looks white, her birth certificate says she is black. Their mom, Marilyn, was frustrated by that. She said: ‘They’re black and they’re white. And so that’s one thing that I really was disappointed in, that I could not put [multi-racial] on their birth certificate. But I would try to tell them, embrace both your cultures’

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

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