myhalf sister had twins and my dad’s siter had twins am i a candidate for having twins?
Anybody who can get pregnant could have twins, but it is never likely for anyone, regardless of family history.
Overall odds of any twins, identical or fraternal, are about 1 in 80. It does not skip a generation, as some have suggested. That is an old wives tale. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes it skips several. You never know when twins will occur.
When fraternal twins run in families, it comes from the female line because it has to do with a woman releasing more than one egg in a cycle. It can pass from a mother to a daughter and so on, but it’s no guarantee of twins. Your father’s side has nothing to do with it. Fraternal twins can also happen randomly.
There is no evidence to support that identical twins run in families. It is too random. The stat is about 1 in 325 live births. Scientists have not been able to isolate the moment of the split of the egg, so it is unknown why it happens. They do sometimes run in individuals, meaning that a woman who has had twins is more likely to produce them again than if she had a singleton pregnancy. This is also true of fraternal twins.
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you will probablly have twins tooooooooooooo twins run in my family
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good possibilty
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I would say you have increased odds of having twins over someone with no twins in their family.
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Not necessarily. Sometimes, twins run in families, but it isn’t a dependable barometer of whether or not you are likely to have them.
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I’ve heard that it skips a generation then 4 then one then 4 (generations)
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you cant ever be sure if youre going to have twins
ok..
but you might
its just a coincidence
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yes you are it’s heridatary
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sounds like it runs inthe family
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u might
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You could be twins and triplets run in my family but luckily my twin or I have not twins or triplets yet.
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yes you are a candidate, there is a higher chance of you having twins if there are twins in your family.
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Fraternal twins "run in families" on the mother’s side only, if she inherits the gene for hyper ovulation.
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of cause..theres a possibility..i wish it was me.
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Definitely if your sister did.
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yeah it’s in the genes!!
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Twinning in the hereditary respect comes from the mothers side of the family… ie your grandmother, great grandmother, mother. If any of them had twins or are twins this increases your chances of having twins.
Good Luck.
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experts try to say that twins dont run in familys but then why are they usually only born in familys witha history of twins? id say yes, you have a chance, dont let that stop you from wanting kids, babies are great. you might just beable to get it over with in one pregnancy! god blesses in his own way
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whatever you think
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From what I’ve heard, twins tend to skip generations. But since both your aunt and your half sister had twins, you’ve got increased odds. Of course, anything can happen.
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yea you might be
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It depends if its on your mothers side or not, not your fathers.
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Very possibly, twining does run in families, so you are a candidate.
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My Mum is a non-identical twin. Her mother had 3 sets of non-identical twins. My Dad had non-identical twin brothers. I’ve been pregnant 3 times and have never had twins. The only other person in my family who was pregnant with twins was my cousin but unfortunately she lost one.
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12 weeks 1 day pregnant with 1 baby
Anybody who can get pregnant could have twins, but it is never likely for anyone, regardless of family history.
Overall odds of any twins, identical or fraternal, are about 1 in 80. It does not skip a generation, as some have suggested. That is an old wives tale. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes it skips several. You never know when twins will occur.
When fraternal twins run in families, it comes from the female line because it has to do with a woman releasing more than one egg in a cycle. It can pass from a mother to a daughter and so on, but it’s no guarantee of twins. Your father’s side has nothing to do with it. Fraternal twins can also happen randomly.
There is no evidence to support that identical twins run in families. It is too random. The stat is about 1 in 325 live births. Scientists have not been able to isolate the moment of the split of the egg, so it is unknown why it happens. They do sometimes run in individuals, meaning that a woman who has had twins is more likely to produce them again than if she had a singleton pregnancy. This is also true of fraternal twins.
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