Video: The capital of twins: a Ukrainian village where more than a hundred twins live
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
At first glance, the village Great Diggingthat in Transcarpathia (Ukraine), is no different from hundreds of similar villages. However, it is regularly mentioned by local and world publications. The fact is that 61 couples live in this village. twins … Twins can be found in every fifth family.
The village of Velyka Kopanya is called the "capital of twins", because there are 122 twins per 4000 inhabitants. Twins have been massively born in this area since the 1940s. Therefore, walking through the village, you can see the same people among old people and babies in strollers.
The residents themselves believe that they owe the appearance of twins not to genetic characteristics, but to spring water. Allegedly, the local source has special properties that stimulate an increase in the birth rate. And the matter is not limited to the inhabitants of this village alone. Once, having heard about the "miraculous" power of water, a woman who suffered from infertility came to Velikaya Kopan. I drank local water, and after a while, they were able to give birth to … twins, of course. Now in the village near the source there are a lot of visitors.
Scientists took water from the source for examination and revealed a high percentage of selenium content in it, which affects the reproductive system of women and men. And even the local church is inclined to believe that it is the "wonderful" water that affects the villagers.
Another interesting fact is that twins in Great Copan are found not only among humans; there is a record number of twin cows in this region. The village of Velyka Kopanya is already included in the Ukrainian Book of Records. Next in line is the Guinness Book of Records.
Gemini always draws attention to themselves. And if as many as five identical babies are born, then the whole country is haunted by them. This is exactly what happened with five-year-old girls whose fate has been crippled by increased public attention at the beginning of the 20th century.
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