I always wanted to know, can it happen? I've been thinking about this ever since I saw a set of fraternal twins that looked somewhat a like but one resembled the uncle a lot more and the other lloked just like thier father.
2006-06-21 06:40:09 · 13 answers · asked by K G 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes, if two eggs are ovulated (this makes fraternal twins) and sperm from two different males are received within a relatively small time frame of each other. \
*Identical twins start out as one fertilized egg and then split.
And just because one looked like the uncle doesn't mean anything if the two are brothers since they share the same genes.
2006-06-21 06:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! It's rare but possible. There was a story in the news a few years back about a woman in Arizona who had fraternal twins and it was proven that each child had a different father. Since fraternal twins come from the mother having 2 eggs (instead of just one). This woman had sex with her lover, then went home and had sex with her husband. One egg....obviously being fertilized by her lover and the other by her husband. Weird, but true!
2006-06-21 06:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by freedom34_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible .. in the case you mention, however, the father and the uncle share a lot of the same genes already so the fact that one child looks more like the uncle means very little.
2006-06-21 06:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the uncle a blood relative? If so, it's obviously possible to resemble a relative. I honestly have never heard of this. The instant a woman conceives, her body undergoes changes to prevent her from conceiving again while pregnant. And I mean these changes are instantaneous - there are no shades of gray on this one.
If you are really curious, ask a geneticist.
2006-06-21 06:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Identical twins, no. Fraternal (non-identical) twins, yes. Two separate eggs are fertilized in the case of fraternal twins, so yes, two different men could fertilize them.
2006-06-21 06:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Christina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can that be possible? Both men would have had to sleep with the women at the same time....show some proof.
2006-06-21 06:44:49 · answer #6 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
identacal twins no its impossable b/c they have the same DNA unless one is adopted then in that case maybe techically
2006-06-21 06:44:20 · answer #7 · answered by Wazbi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe but in a very rare case
2006-06-21 06:45:04 · answer #8 · answered by dlc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea it happened a few years ago
2006-06-21 06:52:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw it on discovery health once..i dont know how likely it is though
2006-06-21 06:43:51 · answer #10 · answered by luvmadukes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋