Does the male or the female carry the gene's to have twins??

Answer 1

There is more than one gene involved. People who say that that the female carries the gene(s) to have twins are 100% wrong.

For example, women are generally shorter than men. Does this mean that the "gene" for shortness in females is in only in females? Of course not.

Fraternal twining, but not identical twinning, "runs in families." They can "run" through the father or the mother of the twins. This means that there ARE genes for it, but says nothing about how many genes. However, the fact that the families that fraternal twinning runs in don't ALWAYS have fraternal twins, and the occasional fraternal twins born to a couple with no family history of twinning means that there are very likely many genes involved. Most important traits like height, metabolic rate, age at first menstruation, or lifespan are controlled/affected by many genes

Furthermore, maternal nutrition, even before puberty, influences the likelihood of having twins. Twin (and multiple) births are on the increase in the US, which is due solely to environmental factors, not genes. This is true even if you discount fertility treatments.

Answer 2

I am an identical twin and have two other sets of identical twin siblings.
Twins are genetic to both male and female. Fraternal twins are the result of the female's genes since this requires the release of two eggs.
Identical twins can run on either the male, female or both sides. My paternal grandma is a twin and my mother is a faternal twin. So it is the luck of the draw.
I just hope and pray I never have a set of my own. I have 3 and so far no twins. Thank goodness. I hope my twin gets hit with a pair. Heehee

Answer 3

Well, lets a fun trip back down memory lane to High School Health class.................

Females carry X X chromosomes
Males carry X Y chromosomes

the male basically choose between the female or male genders

now when it comes to twins......
the gene can come from either side. It depends on family history of who's family has had twins before. (My wife has twins on her side of the family so we are scared to death to try again. HA HA) The last thing we need is TWO at once running around here

Hope that helps some

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Answer 4

Both "carry" the gene, but it is the women's genetics that determines whether or not twins will occur.

For example, my husband carries the twin gene. We won't have twins, but my daughter has the gene from my husband, so SHE has a chance of having twins.

However, IDENTICAL twins are a "freak of nature," meaning it is a fluke (and happens at the same rate all over the world) and it has nothing to do with genetics.

Answer 5

There is no gene that determines whether or not a person will have twins. There is however a family connection. If the father or the mother was an indentical twin, they have a higher chance of having twin offspring. If they were a fraternal twin, they will not have any greater chance of having twins than any other couple.

Answer 6

Usually the female. Fraternal twins are caused when the mother's body released two eggs and both were fertilized. No one knows why identical twins happen, but I've always heard them being more likely if they're in the mother's family than in the father's.

Answer 7

I think it depends. If either side of the family has a history of twins, there's a greater chance of them. As far as identical or fraternal twins - that's all the female. (Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg that splits, fraternal are two eggs that are fertilized together.)

Answer 8

The female. Her body releases more than one egg for fraternal, and the egg splits with identical. Actually identical twins is not hereditary, it is just a fluke. I have fraternal twins which runs on both sides of our families, but his side has no bearing on it.

Answer 9

It is not genes that causes twins. It is double ovulation on the females part.

Answer 10

It is always the women. You have to release 2 eggs or have one split to make twins. Your husband will always release more than one sperm. Some women will ovulate more than once in her cycle and can get pregnant at 2 seperate times in a month and have "twins". I hope this helps you.