KODINHI,INDIA: Mystery Behind the Town that Records A Great Deal of Identical Twins Worldwide

Is it true that you may look someplace in the globe and discover your twin? Sometimes we receive news that shocks us so much that our natural reaction is to analyse it thoroughly in awe.

Often times we get to interact with such situations of resemblances among people and question the origin and circumstances that bring about such discoveries.

 The story of 400 sets of twins growing up in an Indian village is one of the most amazing and strange things that has ever happened.

At first look, Kodinhi appears to be a typical village. It has rice fields scattered around, canals winding through it, and coconut palms lining the edges, just like many other villages in Kerala, India.

 However, as you venture farther down its winding streets, you discover a great deal of identical faces—identical twins everywhere, unknown to most people.

The Indian village of Kodinhi, located in Kerala, has been designated as a twin town. With almost 400 twin pairs, the town boasts the most pairs of twins.

Many researchers are still baffled by this peculiar circumstance and have not yet developed a solution to explain what appears to be an odd occurrence.

Numerous experts and scholars were drawn to the tales of the "Twin Town" in order to conduct their own study and arrive at a comprehensible conclusion.

In order to investigate the residents' DNA and come up with a scientific solution, the scientist collected samples of their hair and saliva.

One of the researchers, Professor E. Preetham of the University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), notes that while there may be several theories to explain the phenomena, none of them have been supported by science.

"Although many believe it to be hereditary, there are some theories that suggest a specific element in the village's water and air could be the source of the occurrence. Regarding our study, we have gathered samples from members of the Kidinhi community and are currently gathering samples from other communities as well.

Dr. Preetham stated that there is currently no scientific explanation for the phenomenon.

The year 2006 saw twin sisters' curiosity spark this discovery. The twin sisters, Sameera and Femeena, attended the nearby IISC school for their eighth grade education. They noticed that their class consisted of eight sets of twins.

As part of their homework, they carried out a mini-survey and discovered that their school had 24 couples. Kodinhi's discovery journey began with this mini-survey.

The finding of the twin twins was soon widely publicized both domestically and internationally.