The lives of 75 year old twins

1. 75 Years a Twin
We were womb-mates - 1939

2. • A birth certificate proves
you were born,
• A death certificate
proves you died,
• Photos prove you lived
…& we have lived

4. Twins Ellie & Addie – took on different aspects of their parents

5. Twin Statistics
“It’s a treasured life”
- Normally 1 in 90 live births are twins
- Fertility drugs have messed up twin statistics
- One in 50 people is a fraternal twin in USA
- One in 150 people is an identical twin in USA
- 1/3 of all twins born in USA are identical
- 2/3 of all twins born in Japan are identical
- White Americans have more twins than blacks
- Nigeria has the highest twin rate

6. The only twins in Oregon and Washington that have TWIN license plates

7. Our three TWIN license plates

8. Larry Smith’s Oregon TWIN license plate

9. Lloyd Smith’s Washington twin license plate

10. It all started with Ruby Rasmussen & Elmer Smith in 1932

11. 1935 – 2011 Salmon City, Idaho 76 years later
(Same courthouse corner)

12. 1940

13. Larry & Lloyd Smith - 1940

15. Elmer & Ruby Smith with Lloyd & Larry - 1941

17. We still have this pump – Dad’s 1937 Plymouth in the background

19. Camping in the High Sierras

20. Punching “Unky” Harland – We still have these punching gloves

26. Would you believe…we still have this hammer

28. 1942 – Larry, Lloyd & Elmer Smith

29. Lloyd C. Smith age 4 – You can tell this was taken during WWII

30. Larry B. Smith age 4 – You can tell this photo was taken during WWII

31. 1946 – Just moved to Phoenix, Oregon from L.A. – Lived in tent for a year

32. Lloyd broke his arm walking a pole gate…first of four – will never forget the ether dreams

33. Had a horse…still have the hat

35. 1947 – Our first trip to Crater Lake – Turned into a 67 year love affair

36. 1947 – Still have the gun

37. 1952 – Larry holding kitty

38. Lloyd & Larry at age 14 - 1954

39. A 1948 Harley 125 – still have the tripod and camera

40. 1957 – Given a 1957 Chevy for Christmas – Folks paid $2300

41. High school graduation – Phoenix High School - 1958

42. 1959 – Still have the camera and sweater

43. 1962 – Longview, Texas

45. 1962 Longview, Texas

46. 1963 in Longview, Texas

47. 1966 – Not a double wedding – Lloyd & Helen - Larry & Linda

48. Twin Rangers Larry & Lloyd

50. Lloyd – Crater Lake National Park

51. Larry – Crater Lake National Park

52. Lloyd investigating a motorcycle accident – Crater Lake National Park

53. Larry investigating the finding of a skull in the back of a park visitor’s truck

54. Lloyd & Larry turn 50 – with Ruby (72) & Elmer (77)

55. Both grew a beard at age 55, not knowing the other one did

57. Running the Middle Fork of the Salmon River with Lloyd’s son Kenneth 2011

58. Note the table we are sitting on

59. 74 years later and we still have this table

60. Lloyd & Helen – Larry & Linda

61. Lloyd & Helen Smith

62. The plate on the 1957 Chevy

64. Depoe Bay - 2015

65. Twins with twins at Crater Lake National Park - 2015

66. 2015 – Twin rangers at age 74 – 75 years a twin…started as womb-mates

67. Lloyd & Larry Smith speaking on twins at Early Edition Rotary - 2015

68. Larry & Lloyd with the original table where our portraits were taken

70. Twins with Zygote problems