LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Twins married to twins resort to plastic surgery in order to tell each other apart.

A set of identical twin brothers and their wives, a set of identical twin sisters, are resorting to plastic surgery in order to tell each other apart.

The two couples, from the Shanxi province in China, often find it difficult to tell which twin is their spouse and which is their in-law, leading to frustration and confusion.

After several mix-ups, the couples are resorting to plastic surgery in order to differentiate their appearances.

They must be unusually identical. I’ve known several sets of twins and it was usually possible to tell the difference after a while.