12/17/12 - A picture of twin girls from Livingston County that was featured earlier this year in National Geographic has been chosen as one of that magazineâs top ten photos of 2012. 7-year-olds Johanna and Eva Gill of Oceola Township were pictured in a two page spread that opened up the January article, which focused on the nature of identical twins, both in how they are alike, but also in how new research is showing that they differ to varying degrees. While still in utero, the girls were diagnosed with a rare condition called twin transfusion syndrome, in which blood from the mother passes disproportionately from one twin to the other. Although given just a 5% chance of survival, they underwent experimental surgery to correct the complications which they underwent while still in her womb. The photo of the Gill Twins was chosen from among 900 published in the magazine this year and selected as one of the ten best by National Geographic Editor in Chief Chris Johns. A link to the top ten photos is posted below. (JK)
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