Double diplomas: 2 NY schools, 19 sets of twins

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - People attending graduation ceremonies at a pair of Syracuse-area high schools couldn't be blamed for thinking they were seeing double.

Twelve sets of twins graduated from Baker High School in Baldwinsville on Sunday, the same day seven sets of twins received their diplomas during ceremonies at nearby Jamesville-DeWitt High School.

Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records say Baker High's 12 sets of twins in the school's graduating class breaks the previous record of 10, set by a Massachusetts high school in 2007.

Principal Joseph DeBarbieri, himself a twin, says four of his school's 12 sets of twins plan to attend the same college as their sibling.

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