These 2 girls insist they are twins and have the perfect response for anyone who disagrees
Six-year-olds Jia Sarnicola and Zuri Copeland are very close. If anyone asks they’re not best friends – these two truly believe they’re twins.
Jia’s mom, Ashley Sarnicola, told BuzzFeed News that the girls met when they were three years old at their school in Miami, instantly hit it off, and have been best friends ever since.
When the media first caught up with the two girls they were four years old and definitely best friends but when they’ve got older their bond has got stronger and now they say they’re twins.
“They will tell you that they are twins and they have a long list of reasons why to back it up,” Ashley said.
Jia Sarnicola and Zuri Copeland say their birthdays are practically the same day. The girls also highlight physical similarities. Jia saying they’re the same height and they insist on matching outfits.
The girls celebrate their birthdays on June 3 and 5 and have had joint parties over the years.
They also have similar personality traits.
“[They have] the same vibrant energy, intelligence, heart to take care of others, and both [are] extremely vocal about their needs,” Ashley said.
“We have always taught the girls that being different is cool, and to make friends with new people every day,” she said. “In their class at school, there are six different languages between the 15 kids.”
She said Jia has told her “she wishes she had chocolate-color skin like Zuri because she likes chocolate better than vanilla.”
The girls’ moms have also become good friends and said they worry about society taking over and dictating how they feel about each other.
Sadly this has already happened when the girls were at a birthday party and an older kid told them they couldn’t be twins because they don’t have the same skin color.
The heartless comment made Jia cry but through her tears she managed to respond with this line.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about. We’re twins because we share the same soul.’”, she said.
Zuri’s sister, Victoria Williams, was so moved by her response that she shared the exchange on Twitter and got everyone on board. It was the perfect reminder of what’s really important in life.
According to Zuri’s mom Valencia, she hopes nothing ever comes between these two.
“We have a lot to learn and we can learn from children,” Valencia said, according to CBS News.
Sources: cbsnews.com, newsner
