Ok, I know I shouldn't be admitting this- but I was watching Maury this past Tuesday. One of the guests was having doubts about who is the father of her twins. Well, the man she thought was the father, happen to only be the father of one child and not both! Is this possible?
2006-06-15 12:52:55 · 14 answers · asked by cherrybubbles 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
1 egg can only be fertilized by 1 sperm - twins can be created 2 ways.
identical twins are created when 1 egg splits - hence the same father is a must
non-identical twins means the mother released 2 eggs and each was fertilized - so they can be fertilized by 2 different fathers
2006-06-15 12:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The show that you are talking about had faternal twins not identical twins.Faternal twins are 2 totally different people so yes they can be fertilized by 2 different men within a couple of hours of each other faternal twins are 2 eggs and they are in 2 different sacs.
2006-06-15 20:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by kiss4virgo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible, she could have shot down two eggs at the same time and sperm from one man fertilized one egg, and sperm from the other took care of egg #2. Yes it can happen.
2006-06-15 19:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by Brainiac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once it is penetrated it cannot be penetrated a second time. 2 seperate eggs however can be if you drop 2 at a time you could have 2 children with different daddy born at the same time
Ok so I just re read your question and yes it can happen provided they are faternal twins born from 2 seperate egg buy not if they were identical, born from the same egg that just seperated.
2006-06-15 19:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by 20mommy05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It is not possible. With twins, an egg splits, taking the genetic material from the original sperm. I have never heard of it any other way unless she dropped two eggs and had sex within a short period of time with both men... which is pretty sad.
2006-06-15 19:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by MzHazelnut22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to conceive fraternal (nonidentical) twins with sperms from two different males... It is NOT possible to have identical twins from multiple sperm donors. Fraternal twins result from two separate eggs, while identical twins come from division of a single, fertilized (by ONE sperm) egg.
2006-06-15 19:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by puru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very very very rare but yes there is some known cases where twins have different fathers. I know cause I had to do a report on it for college.
2006-06-15 19:56:45 · answer #7 · answered by Maimee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that isn't possible... only one sperm can fertilize one egg... these women on maury are tripping.. i understand things do happen sometime but they need to be more careful...
2006-06-15 19:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by beautiful305girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes in rare cases it is possible and results in fraternal twins, very rare.
2006-06-15 19:57:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
once the egg is fertilized by a sperm no others can enter.
2006-06-15 19:56:33 · answer #10 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋