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Ill. middle school goes for twins record

June 10, 2013 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS News

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Visitors to Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Ill. may think they are seeing double. That's because there are an incredible 24 sets of twins enrolled in the school's fifth grade.

The school is now attempting to break a Guinness World record for the amount of twins in one grade, which is currently sixteen sets.

All photos taken at Highcrest Middle School on June 6, 2013

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Luke Rogers, left, and his twin brother, Sam

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Summer Gaines-Wheeler, left, and her twin sister, Sydney

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Gracie Ramsey, left, and her twin sister, Julia

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Margaret DeFer, left, and her twin sister, Eleanor

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Mady Drilling-Coren, left, and her twin sister, Mery

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Ryan Novosel, left, and his twin brother, Luke

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Julia Nagel, left, and her twin brother, Alexander

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Jamie Flaherty, left, and her twin brother, O'Ryan

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Chloe Karabas, left, and her twin brother, Luke

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Henry Pigott, left, and his twin brother, Evan

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Tommy Figura, left, and his twin sister, Katherine

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Nikki Rothstein, left, and her twin sister, Alexandra

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Amy Zun, left, and her twin sister, Rachel

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Evan Prendergast, left, and his twin sister, Olivia

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Emma Merk, left, and her twin sister, Katie

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Maeve Holmberg, left, and her twin brother, Aidan

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Mason Mackenzie, left, and his twin sister, Greer

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Kira Noe, left, and her twin brother, Silas

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Kiran Awatramani, left, and her twin sister, Chiara

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Katie Thomas, left, and her twin sister, Megan

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Finja Scholz, left, and her twin sister, Alina

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Lyla Vivian, left, and her twin sister, Tessa

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Zach Becker, left, and his twin sister, Mira

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Kristin Merrilees, left, and her twin brother, Henry