This twins' high school yearbook photo isn't quite what it seems

Wait a minute...
 By  Sam Haysom and Morgan Sung  on 

Being an identical twin probably comes with its challenges, but every now and then it must be a lot of fun, too.

Take this high school yearbook, for instance. On Tuesday, Marcus Williams shared a throwback photo from 2016 to the time his identical twin brother Malcolm helped him out of a tricky spot on their school picture day.

That is some brilliant work, right there.

Malcolm managed to pull it off by sitting for his photo first, walking out of the room, and then coming back five minutes

“And [he] sat down as if everything was normal,” Marcus said through Twitter DM. “Nobody ever noticed.”

Marcus said having an identical twin has worked for him in the past. They’ve worn the same outfit when going to the movies and only bought one ticket, filled in for each other at work, and they’ve taken tests for each other.

And looking at a photo of them now, it’s pretty clear that they can still get away with filling in for each other.

Twitter couldn't get enough of it.

Williams' story even prompted similar anecdotes.

Give these twins some kind of award, stat.

H/T Twitter Moments.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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