Village Has 230 Sets of Twins . . .and Counting

July 29: Twin sisters Rifa Ayesha (L) and Ritha Ayesha, the youngest twins of Kodinji village, at 7-weeks-old, lie on a bed at their residence in the southern Indian state of Kerala.  (Reuters )

July 29: Seven-year-old twin sisters carry their 5-month-old sisters, who are also twins, at their home in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala. The remote Kodinji village in rural India is home to more than 204 sets of twins but doctors are baffled over why this community of 2,000 families has had so many multiple births as they have no unique diet, are not exposed to any chemicals, and don't take fertility drugs (Reuters)

July 29: Seven-year-old twins Shahana (L) and Shahala walk to their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala.    (Reuters)

July 28: Twin sisters Rafna K. (l) and Rashna K., 9, look out of a classroom window at their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala.  (Reuters )

July 30: Twins and a triplet studying in a state-run school shy away from the camera in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala.  (Reuters )

July 28: Twin sisters Rasheena M. (l) and Sameena M., 11, pose for a photograph in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala.  (Reuters)

July 30: Nine pairs of twins and a triplet pose for a photograph at a state-run school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala.    (Reuters )

Pathummakutty (l) and Kunhipathutty, 65, are the oldest surviving twins in the village. Pathummakutty, who like many in the village have a single name, recalls how her family struggled financially when she was a child. But she also remember good times such as laughter after yet another mix up with her twin sister. (Reuters)