“They will tell you they are twins and they have a long list of reasons to back it up,” mom Ashley Riggs Sarnicola tells CBS News.
The girls, who insist on wearing the same clothes, also say they are twins because they’re the same height.
Mom Valencia Copeland says because they’ve grown up in such a melting pot they don’t notice color. However, their story is tinged with sadness.
“You’re happy for a few seconds and then sad because they have to grow up and then society takes over,” adds Valencia.
The moms recall the story of the time the girls were told they weren’t twins because they don’t have the same skin color. Jia broke down but through her tears told the older girl, “You don’t know what you’re talking about, we’re twins because we share the same soul.”
Watch their beautiful story of friendship below
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