my mums half sister (different dads, same mum) had dizygotic twins and my dads mum is a dizygotic twin so twins are in my familiy, however i was wondering if it might increase my chances of having twins.
i know having twins is down to the mother, but must it always run in the maternal line? ie could my chances of having twins be increased because my paternal grandmother is a twin or would it need to be my mum or her mum or her mum etc that is a twin for it to have any effect on me?
also if my mums sister had twins then does that mean that twins might run in my maternal ancestry? i dont know of any twins earlier in this part of my family and i have traced it back several generations. could my aunties twins have been spontaneous? i didnt think this happened so much with dizygotics.
just wondering as we are ttc and would be chuffed to bits with twins!
2007-01-02
02:34:55
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