2006-06-10 01:43:29 · 6 answers · asked by karren a 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Not only is it possible for fraternal twins to have different fathers, it’s on the medical record books. This official medical term for this phenomenon is heteropaternal superfecundation
2006-06-10 01:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and it is call superfecundation.
# SUPERFECUNDATION
Twins can have different fathers. One well-known case was described in 1810 in the United States. A woman had both a white and a black lover, and she became pregnant and gave birth to twins, one white and the other mulatto. Each twin had a different father. This is called superfecundation. It happens when the mother ovulates more than one egg and has more than one partner during her fertile period. One egg is fertilized with sperm from one partner, and the other egg from sperm of the second partner. These types of twins are always fraternal or dizygotic.
# SUPERFETATION
Superfetation occurs when a women ovulates more than one egg but the eggs are released at different times, sometimes up to 24 days apart, and they are fertilized when they are released. The resulting twin pregnancy has different conception dates, so the babies may be quite different in size. Days or weeks may separate the births. It is quite an unusual event. In some cases, the births of twins may be weeks or months apart due to deliberate medical intervention. This is called interval birth.
2006-06-10 08:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-10 14:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by sexy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-10 08:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible, but VERY, VERY rare.
2006-06-10 08:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by Fed_UP_with_work. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open up msn homepage today, your answer is there.
2006-06-10 08:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by spyderman1212 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋