24 Pictures That Perfectly Capture The Special Bonds Of Twins
Each year, thousands of twins descend on Twinsburg, Ohio, for the Twins Days festival to celebrate everything that makes them identical and unique.
Each year in Twinsburg, Ohio, a unique festival celebrates a special bond that only a few can truly understand. Since 1976, Twins Days, considered the largest annual gathering of twins in the world, has attracted thousands of people to celebrate their identical others. The festival is not exclusive to just twins — it also celebrates triplets, quadruplets, multiples, doppelgängers, best friends, non-twins, and everyone in between.
This year, photographer Hannah Thomson attended Twins Days to capture portraits of these unique relationships.
Twins have always been a source of intrigue and inspiration for Thomson. "There are a lot of twins on both sides of my family, young and old, and growing up I was always very curious about this phenomenon," Thomson tells BuzzFeed News. "In my twenties, when I was figuring out my directions in life, I felt like I was struck by lightning when I saw two photographs by the legendary Diane Arbus ('Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967' and 'Triplets in Their Bedroom, N.J., 1963'). Everything clicked for me and made sense when I saw these photographs."
Here are some of the twins that Hannah Thomson met during this year's Twins Days.
Gabriella and Isabella from Owosso, Michigan
"They love being twins because they always have a friend to play with and are never alone. Isabella is older by two minutes."
Nina, Ally, Claire, and Lauren from Hudson, Ohio
Jonas, Noah, and Moses
Jeremy, Briana, Brittany, Josh
"These identical twin sisters and brothers met at Twins Days and were married there last year."
Briana and Britney from Detroit
"This year Britney and Briana were gold medalists in the Most Alike Females, ages 20–23."
Ashley and Amber from Clarion, Pennsylvania
Shron and Shila from Easton, Pennsylvania
Willow and Midori
David and Ryan holding Aurora and Cruz
Martha and Mary
Carmen and Isabella from Rochester, New York
Dawn and Julianne
Geneva and Perrena from Marietta, Georgia
Willow and Aspen from Kuna, Idaho
Viola and Verna from Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Lillian and Livia
"This is Lillian and Livia's fourth year attending. And this year, [they] won first place as identical twins in their age category. Lillian is older by two minutes."
Kristy and Katie from New York City
Egypt and Brandi from California
Audrey and Rosalyn from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Maci and Mia from Greenfield, Indiana
Allison and Elsa from Dublin, Ohio
Anna and Awa from Senegal, West Africa
Faith and Grace
Hannah and Hatti from Convoy, Ohio
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