Have the same DNA

Cousin and cousin in Portland are siblings

The twins Venessa, Lucas, Kerissa and Jacob Sealby(Bild: Kerissa Sealby)

In the US state of Oregon, identical twins got married and had children.

The twins Kerissa and Venessa from Portland in the US state of Oregon have always done everything together throughout their lives. They even went so far as to "almost" marry the same man. In 2020, they met twins Jacob and Lucas Sealby, who were on the university's men's athletics team. The quartet quickly became two couples. After their double wedding in December 2021, they moved to a small town in northern Oregon, where they bought two neighboring houses and became parents. Since the birth of Sophie and Adrian, the two couples have also been raising their children together.

Cannot determine parents genetically
Although they are cousins, they are also so-called "quaternary siblings", as they share the same DNA thanks to their parents. "We only realized after my pregnancy that you can't genetically determine which child will belong to which mother and father," Kerissa reveals. "But now we all think it's totally cool."