Born 19 minutes apart Mykel Anthony Darienzo and Marcel William Darienzo were born at the Reading Hospital in August 1995 to Yarelis Aldana. Mykel is the oldest.
Is there a way to tell you apart? We have different styles Mykel wears his hair short, and I wear my hair longer. I also have a mole on my face. I think that’s how our family was able to tell us apart when we were younger.
Do you ever switch places? No, but now that we’re older we’re mad that we didn’t try it once as it would have been so cool to see if anyone would have been able to tell the difference.
Are you identical or fraternal & did your Parents get you mixed up? We are identical twins. I’m right-handed Mykel is left-handed, and we smile differently. Mom says when one of us is well behaved, the other is not lol! Nor our parents or our younger brothers mixed us up, they just knew.
Do you have twin telepathy & can you feel each other’s pain? No, but there was a time when I ordered a pair of custom sneakers and my mom called me to tell me that they had arrived, only to find out that my brother had ordered ones as well. Other than that, I can’t really remember having weird incidents. We don’t feel each other’s pain thankfully as we’re both skateboarders and that would be interesting.
Do twins run in your family? On my mom’s dad’s side, there are a bunch of twins.
Do you feel people expect twins to like everything the same? I do think people expect us to like and do everything the same. The people that know us know that we are different, but we’re used to it. We don’t like the same food or dress alike. We were dressed alike as kids but with age, we developed our own style.
How are you different? I’m (Marcel) taller. LOL! But just our overall demeanor is different. I think I’m more laid back than Mykel. He’s more outgoing than me. Mykel doesn’t eat sweets and I can eat a whole cake in one sitting!
Is Your Health the same, different, and how so? When we were little, we had asthma. I have a bit of asthma and Mykel has some allergies.
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