Mirror UK reported that the village of Velikaya Kopanya in south-west Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast region has less than 4,000 inhabitants and 122 twins in total.
Village named 'Land of the Twins' has record-breaking 122 twins
A village in Ukraine has been branded the 'Land of the Twins' because it has a record-breaking 122 twins living there.
Village named 'Land of the Twins' has record-breaking 122 twins
Locals say that the amount of newly-born twins in the village is higher than anywhere else in the country.
The village with 61 pairs of twins has already made it into the Ukraine’s record book and may end up in the Guinness Book of World Records .
Maryana Savka, a local councillor, said: "The ultimate baby boom came in the year 2004. But ever since then we are having at least between two and three sets of twins born every year."
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Local villagers believe that the reason for the ‘twin-boom’ is the special local water which they claim has health-giving properties.
The double-effect even extends to cattle - as there are so many cow twins born in the village too.
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