‘Twins village’: why are so many sets of twins born in this remote Chinese community? 33 in total


A village in southwestern China is at the centre of a mystery due to the extremely high rate of twins born among its small population.

Baimu village in Danling county, Sichuan province, has just 2,119 residents in 631 families. However, in the last dozen years at least 33 sets of twins were born in the village, news site Red Star News reported.

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