Could I have Twins?

Question

What side of the family do twins run on? Mother, Father does it really skip a generation any info would help thanks!

Answer 1

I'm the mother of identical twins so I hear these types of questions alot:

1. Identical twins (monozygotic) are from one egg that splits. All pregnancies have a 1 in 250 chance of being identical twins. This is not impacted by age, ethnicity, fertility drugs, or family history.

2. Fraternal twins (dizygotic) occur when the female produces two eggs in the same cycle. Some factors include fertility drugs, higher maternal age, ethnicity (for instance more common in African Americans less common in Asians), and family history.

3. Because it is up to the female to produce two eggs at once a family history of fraternal twins is only relevant on the female's side.

4. The myth about skipping a generation is probably because if the female's father has twins in his family then the increased chance of twins didn't exist when she was born (the father can't make his wife produce two eggs) but the increased chance of twins DOES exist for the female (daughter) because she can produce two eggs.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Identical twins have not been linked to genetics. They are by chance. Fraternal twins run on the mother's side of the family. If you're mother, sister, aunt or grandmother had twins you may be in the running. Fraternal twins have to deal with how many eggs are released by the mother. It has nothing to do with the father's sperm except it has to be there to fertilize both eggs. As far as skipping a generation...I'm not so sure about that. I want to say that sometimes it appears that way but isn't true. My mom's aunt had twins and so did my mom and they are consecutive generations. I am having my second baby and no twins so...I dont know.

Answer 3

The whole skipping a generation thing is an old wives tale :-) And, twins only run on the mother's side... when it comes to twins, it's all about the egg :-) So, the father really has nothing to do with it (other than the obvious :-p)...

Answer 4

If you have fraternal twins on your side of the family (not your husband's), you may have a genetic predisposition to releasing more than one egg on an occasional cycle, and that increases your odds of having fraternal twins.

Identical twins does not seem to be an inheritable trait, the splitting of the fertilized egg seems to happen at random regardless of genetics.

And your husband's side of the family does not play into it at all, just your side.

There is no statistical evidence to show that it skips generations.

Answer 5

twins are caused when either the mother releases 2 eggs at once that are both fertilized (fraternal twins) or when the one egg released splits (identical twins). it has NOTHING to do with the father. the only idea even close to "running in the family" is an old wives tale. it is all genetic. you may or may not have a genetic predisposition, but you would have to determine which ancestors you are most genetically similar to first.
GENDER is what is determined by sperm. with sperm, half are X cromosome and half are Y cromosome. whereas women provide an X cromosome egg. all eggs are genetically female until they are fertilized, if they are fertilized with Y then they become male babies. kinda neat to know that all people start out as girls, huh ladies?

Answer 6

all those things are just myths. anyone has a possibility of having twins regardless of those things.

Answer 7

ok. it does depend on your genes but not in that way. the female's chromosome genes determine how many kids there will be and the men's chromosomes determines the sex of the child. hope this answers your question

Answer 8

it's a myth anyone can have twins