My husband and I just found out that we are having twins. There is no family history on my side for twins. My husband's paternal Grandmother and her mother were twins. Are we having twins because of his history or is it just a pure miracle?(We conceived naturally) ;
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There is no such thing as paternal twins. There are fraternal and identical. Fraternal occur when the mother has two eggs that are fertilized at the same time. They can be boy/boy, girl/girl or boy/girl. Identical twins occur when the egg ... It all depends on which side of the family has a history of identical twins.
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However, only women ovulate. So the connection is only valid on the mother's side of the family. While men can carry the gene and pass it on to their daughters, a family history of twins doesn't make them any more likely to have twins themselves.
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"I was just wondering what the chances are for twins; my dad is an identical twin, and twins are all over both my mother's and father's side of the family, plus there are twins on the future daddy's side as well." -- INDYMAGGIE...
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"Paternal twins are monzygotic, or 'identical' twins" ... From what I read back then, the twins often can look even more alike than fraternal twins, often to the point of people thinking that they're identical. I guess that's because they share 50% of the same chromosomes, given to them by the mother's side of the family.
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If there are 2 sets of identical twins in your family, that in no way means that it runs in the family, it's just chance. In order for it to run in a family, there would need to be ... To the best of my knowledge there has not been any proof of such but my theory of id twinning from the paternal side it MEGA, SUPER sperm.
www.twinslist.org/idfaq.htm www.twinslist.org/idfaq.htm
From the moment twins are born, people compare and stereotype them. It is important to realise how damaging this can be – affecting not only how the children are seen by the outside world – but also the way they see themselves. ... Family Planning...
familyrelationships.org.uk/encouraging-individuality-in... familyrelationships.org.uk/encouraging-individuality-in-twins
The Ellison/Shaw Family of Baldwin Co. - page 2 ... The Cody Family of WarrenCounty ... (My paternal side of the Pitts family)
www.officialshawfamilysite.com/geneaologicalresearch.ht... www.officialshawfamilysite.com/geneaologicalresearch.htm
Family tree on Sustare Side of Carol Lorraine Sutton, decendant of Captain Gabriel Sistare-Our Mother's Side of the family tree. ... James Hiram Richardson Sistare, ,who was killed in Civil War, and the husband of Holly Elizabeth Hemby ,father of twins,
www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare-sistare_nc_va.html
WILLIAM DELBERT BURDICK , I'M HEARING IMPARED AND I NOT KNOW RELATIVES YOUR FAMILY'SIDE RELATIVE FAMILY MY FATHER NAME IS DELBERT BURDICK... NICK NAME FRETIZ ... Burdick line 3: (my paternal side); 1. Rbt. Burdick & Ruth; 2. Samuel Burdick & Mary Foster; 3. Tacy Burdick & Benjamin Frink; 4. Oliver Frink & ( ? ) Clark; 5.
www.burdickfamily.org/whitepages/guest1999.html www.burdickfamily.org/whitepages/guest1999.html