{"id":144842,"date":"2023-11-05T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144842"},"modified":"2023-11-05T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T13:11:25","slug":"identical-84-year-old-twins-have-worn-matching-outfits-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/lifestyle\/identical-84-year-old-twins-have-worn-matching-outfits-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Identical\u00a084-year-old twins have worn matching outfits for YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Identical 84-year-olds who have been dressing in matching outfits every day since BIRTH become internet superstars thanks to their eerie resemblance to the twins from the Shining<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Utah&#8217;s Anne McQueen and Susan Briggs have dressed similarly since childhood\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;It isn&#8217;t to attract attention, we just like the same clothes,&#8217; Anne insisted<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>But the twins still enjoy the trickster potential of their shared appearance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A pair of octogenarian twins from Utah have taken the internet by storm for their decades-long habit of dressing in matching outfits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anne McQueen and Susan Briggs, both 84, have taken a great deal of pride in their shared outer presentation over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve always worn exactly the same thing,&#8217; Susan told The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has gotten to the point where one goes shopping and they will reportedly buy two of the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/15\/77181809-12681605-Identical_twins_Anne_McQueen_and_Susan_Briggs_both_84_have_alway-a-34_1698852681752.jpg\" height=\"670\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Identical twins Anne McQueen and Susan Briggs, both 84, have always taken pride in their shared appearance\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77181811-12681605-_It_isn_t_to_attract_attention_we_just_like_the_same_clothes_Ann-a-4_1699092918136.jpg\" height=\"925\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It isn&#8217;t to attract attention, we just like the same clothes,&#8217; Anne told The Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It isn&#8217;t to attract attention, we just like the same clothes,&#8217; Anne added.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the pair have a propensity for leaning into the trickster potential of their identical appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Both are retired health and physical education teachers, and they recalled how they used to prank students on April Fool&#8217;s Day .<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Susan would walk in and start teaching with me in the class,&#8217; Anne told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;d be in the same outfits. The students would just scream. They couldn&#8217;t believe it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As camp counselors at one point in time, Anne recalled: &#8216;None of the campers could ever tell who their counselors were.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The two are well known in their native Salt Lake City\u00a0 \u2014 where they reside just a 10-minute drive away from one another \u2014 with strangers doing double takes on passing them, they described.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They really react, and it just cheers people up when they see two people alike,&#8217; Anne gushed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77181801-12681605-The_twins_were_born_and_raised_in_Salt_Lake_City_where_they_stil-a-3_1699092918133.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The twins were born and raised in Salt Lake City &#8211; where they still reside just a 10-minute drive from one another\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77181803-12681605-The_pair_believe_they_have_a_psychic_connection_what_they_call_t-a-1_1699092918129.jpg\" height=\"584\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair believe they have a psychic connection &#8211; what they call &#8216;twin telepathy&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77180735-12681605-_We_have_the_same_brain_Susan_said_of_her_and_her_sister_Picture-a-5_1699092918138.jpg\" height=\"761\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have the same brain,&#8217; Susan said of her and her sister. Pictured are the pair as children<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77181805-12681605-Susan_said_that_neither_she_or_Anne_go_anywhere_without_telling_-a-6_1699092918188.jpg\" height=\"486\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Susan said that neither she or Anne &#8216;go anywhere without telling the other where we are. It was always that way&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77180737-12681605-When_they_worked_as_camp_counselors_at_the_same_time_none_of_the-a-2_1699092918131.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>When they worked as camp counselors at the same time,\u00a0&#8216;none of the campers could ever tell who their counselors were,&#8217; Anne said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77180747-12681605-Before_retirement_both_worked_as_health_and_physical_education_t-a-8_1699092918417.jpg\" height=\"580\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Before retirement, both worked as health and physical education teachers &#8211; and admitted they&#8217;d sometimes prank their students<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77180397-12681605-As_children_the_pair_had_a_portrait_painted_of_them_in_which_the-a-9_1699092918509.jpg\" height=\"1024\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As children, the pair had a portrait painted of them in which they bear an eerie resemblance to the twins from The Shining &#8211; which they&#8217;ve often leaned into\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77172217-12681605-As_of_late_Anne_s_grandson_in_law_Mikey_Metcalfe_has_been_docume-a-7_1699092918389.jpg\" height=\"1045\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As of late, Anne&#8217;s grandson-in-law Mikey Metcalfe has been documenting the twins&#8217; matching outfits on his TikTok<\/p>\n<p>Replying to @user793226892127994 you tell me\ud83d\udc40 #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #funny #scary #horror #theshining #twins <\/p>\n<p>As of late, the duo have been launched into social media fame by Anne&#8217;s grandson-in-law, Mikey Metcalfe, who&#8217;s married to her granddaughter, Missa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through TikTok handle @moandmiss, Mikey has shared countless images and video clips of &#8216;The Grandmas&#8217; \u2014 as he&#8217;s dubbed them \u2014 racking up nearly 80,000 followers in the process.<\/p>\n<p>As children, &#8216;The Grandmas&#8217; also posed for a portrait in which they bear an eerie resemblance to the ghost-twins in The Shining.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a similarity that they&#8217;ve gleefully leaned into from time to time, posing for pics in matching blue dresses \u00e0 la the haunted characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two also insist they share a psychic connection \u2014 what they call &#8216;twin telepathy,&#8217; according to The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have the same brain,&#8217; Susan said.<\/p>\n<p>Susan also said that neither of them &#8216;go anywhere without telling the other where we are,&#8217; adding: &#8216;It was always that way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The sisters&#8217; fondness for matching their clothes was never a ploy for internet fame \u2014 it simply originated as personal preference, they insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re always doing fun things\u2026 It keeps us young,&#8217; Susan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We just have always been very identical,&#8217; Anne emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All through our childhood and adulthood, we have dressed alike.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The two aren&#8217;t the only twins to lean into their similar appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this fall, DailyMail.com reported on a pair of 69-year-old New Hampshire twins who&#8217;ve been dressing identically for 23 years.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12681605\/Identical-84-year-old-twins-matching-outfits-YEARS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identical 84-year-olds who have been dressing in matching outfits every day since BIRTH become internet superstars thanks to their eerie resemblance to the twins from&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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