Lavinia and Michelle Osbourne

Event Overview

These twins were born within minutes of each other - but have different dads

Updated 8 hours ago
BBC News
New York Post
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Summary

Lavinia and Michelle are the only case of twins with different fathers to be recorded in the UK. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

What This Means

This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include BBC News, New York Post.

Original Reporting (2)
Lavinia and Michelle Osbourne
BBC News
BBC News
Lean Left
5/2/2026

These twins were born within minutes of each other - but have different dads

Twins Michelle and Lavinia Osbourne have always shared a special connection. But when Lavinia clicked on an email with results of an at-home DNA test in September 2022, she was filled with a sense of dread. "Maybe subconsciously I knew," she says. Her test results revealed something astonishing: non-identical twins.

Two young woman hugging each other
New York Post
New York Post
Lean Right
5/2/2026

Twins discover they have different fathers in shockingly rare DNA test result: ‘Super weird, super odd’

Sisters Michelle and Lavinia Osbourne are twins with different fathers — something so rare that it’s never been documented before in British history and only 20 times in the entire world. “I’m still in amazement that this can actually happen – it’s super weird, super odd, super rare – but, if I apply it to myself, it.