Is it possible for a set of twins to have different daddys? A friend, well an old friend of mine is trying to say his ex wife had sex with someone else too and that only one of the kids is his. Is that even medically possible?
2006-06-19 17:12:50 · 19 answers · asked by soulmate_n_nc 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yes, I just learned about this...If the woman released two eggs that month and had sex with two different men, it is possible.
2006-06-19 17:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by jordanthegrouch 3 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Yep. There are two ways to get twins.
Either a fertilized egg ( aka BABY) splits....and you get identical twins....
OR.....
Mom releases two eggs....that is how you get a boy and a girl twin....or twins of the same gender who don't look all that much alike...no more than any other brother and sister....
So, theoretically, it is possible. But it would take rather extraordinary circumstances....Mom would have to have sex with two different men while the eggs are still 'good'...which is only a few days....and only one egg fertilized by the first man. If the eggs were released a few days apart, it would be more likely, because sperm don't live long. That is pretty unlikly, because a woman's body knows pretty quickly that she is pregnant, and goes from egg producing to baby supporting mode.
If he has doubts, he can take the children for paternity testing. DNA tests aren't cheap, but they can be done.
One warning....if he has always considered the child "his"- even if it isn't...he'll still pay child support...and it isn't fair for the child if he starts " I'm not your REAL father." That kind of thing can screw up a kid for life.
If he is a real man- a real father in the truest sense- it won't matter to him. He'll love both children as his own just as he did from the beginning.
2006-06-20 00:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, can definitely happen. I remember hearing about this woman on the news years ago who had twins from different fathers. Of course they would be fraternal twins. It means that the woman had two eggs when ovulating and both were fertilized by two different men
2006-06-20 00:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by moma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep! Two eggs two types of sperm works just like if there was only one to begin with...however it depends on the type of twin. Fraternal means two eggs and it's entirely likely there could be two dads. But Identical means the egg split and only on type of sperm would have been able to get in. In that case it's either all or nothing.
2006-06-20 02:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by wsucougal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's medically possibe a lady a few years ago had two boys one from an man who was white and one from a man who was african american. Of course the were ferternal. Remeber your only really fertile for a short time.
2006-06-20 00:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by K D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is medically possible, but very rare. The sex would have had to occur within minutes of each other, like a "train".
2006-06-20 00:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by HCW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this happen back in 1964 where a woman slept with a black man in the morning and slept with her husband in the afternoon and had one black and one white twins. I will try to find the more info on this!
2006-06-20 00:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by Retarded Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible...
but never in the case of identical twins.
2006-06-20 00:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is definately possible! I've watched paternity test shows on TV and read stuff on the net about it!
2006-06-20 03:05:48 · answer #9 · answered by Christa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, happens with dogs all the time, DNA tests only cost $100 (x2) to put hismind at ease.
2006-06-20 00:17:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's possible.
2006-06-20 00:16:19 · answer #11 · answered by Just Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋