Meet the 'genius' brother and sister who are the UK's smartest siblings

Krish and Keira have a combined IQ of 314 (Picture: w8media)

What do you do when your twin is a genius? Well,you could double check to see if you’re one too.

That’s exactly what Keira Arora did when her brother Krish was accepted to Mensa with an IQ of 162.

The 11-year-olds from Hounslow,west London,are staking their claim as Britain’s smartest siblings after being accepted into the exclusive group just six months apart.

When Keira took the test,she found out she had an IQ of 152,putting her in the highly gifted category.

There were early signs that the Arora children’s brains have something special about them.

At the age of four,Krish was doing decimal divisions and reading fluently. He also smashed through four piano grades in six months,mastering the piano within two years.

More recently,his primary school teachers have had to set him homework set for pupils closer to their GCSEs,and he’s already mastering economics.

He also scored 100% in his 11-plus maths exams,which he said was ‘too easy’,and wants to become an actuary after studying at Cambridge.

Meanwhile,Keira expresses her genius in other ways with a flare for English. She is already producing works of fiction and poetry beyond her young years.

Krish and Keira are both chess whizzes too (Picture: w8media)

Despite being the lead singer of her school’s rock band,she hopes to become a lawyer.

While their destinies appear to be very different,both children feel the same about school – it’s far too easy.

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Keira said: ‘I don’t really find it academically challenging,but I really enjoy school because I get to play with my friends.’

So how did one household end up producing two young prodigies?

Their mum Mauli believes that there is a mixture of nature and nurture.

She told Metro: ‘The kids have to have the spark,something on the genetic side of it.

‘But it is also about the environment that you give them. We are very hands on parents; we expose them to a lot of activities.

‘That exposure helps them to learn a lot of things and also to find out where their interests are.’

Keira’s talented writing is years beyond her age (Picture: w8media)

Both Krish and Keira have big things ahead of them (Picture: w8media)

Of course,you wouldn’t get such academic prowess without a few household rules.

Mauli said: ‘Screen time has to be allowed to some extent,because a lot of learning comes from it.

‘But in terms of them browsing at leisure or whatever they want to browse,that we limit to one hour.

‘Too much screen time for children can take your focus away.’

Keira,who said she’s thrilled to join her brother in Mensa,agrees: ‘I feel like the limitation of screen time helps me to focus. It means my brain is not so zoned out.’

Both children are looking forward to starting high school in September with Krish heading to the illustrious Queen Elizabeth School in Barnet while Keira secured a place at the equally prestigious Tiffin Girls’ School in Kingston.

Good luck to their future classmates trying to keep up.