Twin births have become more common in recent years, but they’re still relatively rare. In the U.S., only about 33 out of every 1,000 births result in twins—and of those, just a small fraction are identical. But for 23-year-old Savannah Combs from Middleburg, Florida, her pregnancy turned out to be something truly extraordinary.
Savannah was overjoyed to learn she was expecting identical twin girls. But during her pregnancy, she received news that made her story even more unique: both of her daughters had been diagnosed with Down syndrome—a condition that occurs when a baby is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21.
“It’s very rare what they have,” Savannah said in an interview with News4JAX. “But they’ve been my little gems.”
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