Kodinhi, a small village in the Malappuram district of Kerala, has gained fame for an unusually high number of twin births
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The village with a population of 2000 families has at least 400 pairs of twins. Almost every home in this village has one set of twins
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42 twins are born for every 1000 deliveries in this village while the average record in the rest of the world is 6 twins per 1000 deliveries
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The village has even put out a blue board captioned, ''Welcomes you to the God's own Twins Village, Kodinhi”
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According to villagers, the twin phenomenon has been happening since 1949. But it wasn't until the late 1990s that the number of twin births started to increase
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The village has also established the Twins and Kin Association (TAKA) to register and provide support for the twins
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Kodinhi's twin mystery has baffled researchers over the years who have failed to come up with any scientific explanation for it
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Doctors have said that besides genetics, it could be due to a particular element in the air or water of the village
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Some believe that it is due to the local diet, which is rich in yam and other foods said to increase the chances of conceiving twins
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The same phenomenon of a high number of twin births has been observed in the Nigerian town of Igbo-Ora, known as 'Twin capital of the world'