Teachers at Pearce High School are used to seeing double - as they have TEN sets of twins and one set of triplets in one school year.
The 16 and 17-year-olds from Richardson, Texas make up the largest year group of multiple-birth students in the world.
Assistant Principal Chakosa Powell said: 'There must have been something in the water here in Richardson 16 years ago. The possibility of so many families having twins the same year, even close to the same month, is amazing.'
10 sets of twins and a set of triplets are all in the same year at Pearce High School in Dallas. (L to R) back row in (red t-shirts) Christopher and William McReynolds, 17, Triplets Bradley, Luke and David Bailey 16. Second row from back, left to right: Madison and Paxton Boyer, 16, Kelly and Lindsey McKee, 16, Mark and Sidney Harris, 16, Jordon and Sarah Richardson, 16, Second row from front (L to R) Rebecca and Jessica Saucier, 17, Haley and Samuel Coleman, 16. Front row: (L to R) William and Victoria Thompson, 17 Jacqueline and Dani Glazer 16 Teachers at Pearce High School are used to seeing double - as they have ten sets of twins and one set of triplets in a year. The 16 and 17-year-olds from Richardson, Texas, USA, make up the largest year group of multiple-birth students in the world. Assistant Principal Chakosa Powell said: "There mu
Seeing double: The twins and triplets in the Dallas school are the largest known year group of multiple-birth students in the world
The school hopes to be recognised by the Guinness Book of Records after beating a previous record of seven sets of twins held by a school in New York.
Lessons at Pearce are overflowing with twins, with three or four sets taking some of the same subjects. And in science classes several of the twins are indistinguishable in their lab coats.
Meanwhile many of the brothers and sisters compete against each other in different sports.
Chakosha said: 'I think the best thing about having a lot of multiples is that the students take care of each other. They hang out together and they become friends. They started this journey together when they started high school three years ago.'
Double trouble: Twins Jessica (left) and Rebecca Saucier, 17, in their science class. Teachers say in their labcoats it is difficult to tell them apart
Lindsey McKee and her twin sister Kelly, 16, might look identical but their personalities are very different.
Kelly represents her school in sport as basketball player, while sister Lindsay prefers dancing, and performs on the sidelines with the cheerleading team.
'It is great when I have the chance to cheer for Kelly's team,' said Lindsay.
Equally matched: Several of the brothers and sisters compete against each other in different sports, such as these twins Jessica and Rebecca Saucier, who are both members of the school running team
'But often I'm home when she's away at a basketball match, and when she's home I'm out cheering.' The pair were inseparable when growing up and caused problems for their teachers.
'One teacher would always mix us up, but we got used to that,' said Lindsey.
'Now we're in separate classes a lot of the time so it's not so bad.' Seventeen year-olds Jessica and Rebecca Saucier are both members of the school running team.
Twice as much fun: Twins Kelly (left) and Lindsey McKee 16, get ready for a night out. The pair were inseparable when growing up and caused problems for their teachers, who mixed them up
'We are very competitive,' said Rebecca. 'But it doesn't get out of hand. One of us won't get mad at the other one. It's just more motivation to do better next time.
'We're similar in pretty much every way I guess, except she's way more creative than I am. She has to help me with art projects.'
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