I'm a twin, what are the odds that I'll have twins of my own?

Question

I'm just watching a show on Discovery Health where an identical twin became pregnant with quads, two sets of identical twins. But then again they did you invetro.

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Answer 1

Doctors will tell you fraternals are genetic, identicals are not...but I tend to think that's bunk! My grandmother had identical girls, and she can trace back 10 sets of twins in hers and her husband's family trees. Also, it seems that they tend to skip a generation, but I've heard several instances where that's not the case.

Hubby has a coworker who married a twin. Her mother is also a twin, AND they have identical girls of their own. Genetics or freak coincidence? You decide :) I'd say delve into your family history and see what you can come up w/. Then make sure you marry a guy who has a chance at twins ;)

Answer 2

Well, if you're an identical twin, it has no bearing on your chances of having twins. Identical twinning occurs when a single zygote splits, and the science still supports the theory that it's a random occurrence without a genetic component. (The jury is still out on that, in my opinion, but overall that's the scientific thinking.) Fraternal twinning occurs when the mother hyper-ovulates (releases more than one egg when she ovulates). If you're a fraternal twin, you might have inherited that from your mother, thus increasing your chances for having fraternal twins yourself.

As for skipping a generation: that's a common myth, but a myth nonetheless. Not that it doesn't do that sometimes, of course, but there's no "rule" that says it does or will.

Answer 3

If You Are A Twin (Or Have Twins In Your Family):

If you are a fraternal twin, you have a 1 in 17 chance of having twins. If you are identical, it doesn't affect your chances, and they remain from 1 in anywhere from 38 - 90, depending on if fertility drugs are used or not. If your mother is a fraternal twin, you may have a higher than average chance of twins. If you father is a twin, it doesn't affect your chances, as fraternal twinning is apparently carried down the maternal line.

If you have a parent that is an identical twin, your chances of having twins yourself are the same as anyone else.

Answer 4

According to the following article, identical twin women have only a 0.6% probability of having a twin birth.
“Women who are themselves fraternal twins have a 10% chance of producing twins, identical twin women have only a 0.6% probability of having a twin birth.

Once a woman conceives twins, she has a 5% (that's one in twenty) chance of having twins again. There are no interesting parallels to these percentages among dads! A man who is a twin has the same probability of fathering twins as any other man.”

Twins: DEVELOPMENT and LANGUAGE
http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/mbc.htm

This article claims that if you are a twin and if you are identical,
it doesn't affect your chances, and they remain from 1 in anywhere
from 38 - 90, depending on if fertility drugs are used or not.

Answer 5

They say that it is fairly high, You may not have twins on your first and ceond pregnancy but maybe on your third you might. You might even have twins first time round! It also depends if your partner has twins in the family as well that would give you an even higher chance again. So you have a higher chance than most people.

Answer 6

In my family it skipped a generation. My grandmother and all her sisters had twins. None of their daughters did, but now me and two of my cousins have had twins, all identical twins. I don't know the odds from mother to daughter, but the odds from grandmother to granddaughter seems to hold true.

Answer 7

chances are that you may not have twins but your child may have twins. Twins tend to skip a generation. Although in rare cases twins can have twins, especially if both parents are twins, then they would be incredibly likely to have twins

Answer 8

It depends did your grandma have twins and so on out of a five generations the odds are slim however its just a chance of luck whether the genes will match up

Answer 9

My doctor told me recently that twins aren't something that is passed on in families (not genetic), it's about how the egg divides or if your body releases multiple eggs. We want multiples and my family has twins and triplets. It was kind of a crushing blow to hear that.

Answer 10

I no longer in simple terms used to try this with my husband whilst my twins have been youthful, yet I did it with whoever became observing them (their grandma watched them on a everyday foundation and that i nonetheless left training lol). My husband works lots too and he's no longer around lots to understand the youngsters time table and to be trouble-free I continually felt like I had to do it, no longer by using fact he did no longer desire to yet by using fact i wanted issues executed my way. My husband is conscious of a thank you to make bottles, cereal, what time they circulate down for a nap and issues like that, yet whilst i did no longer go away training i could think of OMG what if he placed 2 scoops of formulation in an 8oz. bottle, or what if he placed them down for a nap at 3 rather of a million:30, there entire time table could be off for days, i could in simple terms freak myself out till the element i could in simple terms circulate back abode. we are mothers and we sense it particularly is terrific executed whilst we do it or go away diverse training! So no i do no longer think of it particularly is unusual.