2007-02-23 09:26:20 · 33 answers · asked by yecart19710 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
No.
Genetics don't work that way.
2007-02-23 09:28:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question.
1. No the babies would not be identical. Now each male parent and female parent have the same DNA. When each had Fam A and Fam B had kids though, they would use different parts of their DNA to produce babies. The kids could not be identical. Look at your own family. Did your parents ever produce identical kids made at different times with different sperm and eggs. NO!
2. The interesting thing though is that these cousins would read on a DNA chart as siblings since the DNA is coming from the Fam A and Fam B's parents having the same DNA. Cool Huh.
2007-02-23 11:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by chemrose 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No but it would be just like they were brothers/sisters because they would technically have the same parents, as the parents have the same DNA, but they would each have a different mixture of the parents' genes. Identical twins happen when the embryo splits into two and two babies grow up with the same genes. This obviously could not happen within two separate people! Unless they were conjoined twins... now theres a thought lol.
2007-02-23 10:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the male identical twins and female identical twins have different sets of dna. And a child made from both their mothers and their fathers genes not just one parent hence making their children a variation of which genes are taken from the mother and which from the father.
2007-02-23 09:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, there would be no difference between a twin or a single delivery, the odds are still the same. I have twins, yet there are no twins on the father's side, and the nearest twins on my side go back to the late 1800's, yet the odds of having twins is something like 1 and 165. Good luck.
2007-02-23 09:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by fisherwoman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its possible, but very unlikely. There are many possible combinations of genes and the chances of both couples children having the same combination is slim. But theoretically, it is certainly possible because identical twins have identical DNA.
2007-02-26 20:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because the parents are twins there selfs does not mean the will have twins.. Its all to do with genetics I would think the chances could be higher of concieving twins also.. thou it may skip you and you only have one child.. Thou because they would have the same genes as both parents I would have to say no because who knows which gene is more stronger than the other... like her genes could overthrow his and make the kid look more like her or vice versa who knows how the genes will work themselfs out.. Thou this is one very good question.. Thanks for asking it Ive never thought of that before I think its very fasinating..
2007-02-23 11:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by Princesskitten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies get have of their dna from their mother and half from their father so in such a case the babies could certianly look alike if they contained similiar traits. For instance the gene for brown eyes is dominate over blue or green just as the short gene is dominate over the tall gene. Because of the same make up in their parents they would have alot in common but the chances of getting the same chromosones from both sets of parents is nearly impossible.
2007-02-23 09:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by Erin B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is no, they will probably not be identical.
The cousins would be more closely related than most cousins since their mothers and fathers are genetically identical. So while the cousins would probably not be identical they would be as closely related genetically as brothers and sisters (that is, children who share the same parents, since genetically their parents are interchangable).
Remember we each have two copies of each of our genes, one from mom and one from dad. These two copies are called alleles. Identical twins each have the same two alleles for each gene but they too got one from mom and one from dad so the two alleles for any one gene might not be identical to each other.
Now if identical twins marry identical twins each of their children will get one allele from mom and one from dad but there is only a 50/50 chance of two children getting the same allele of any given gene. Since this would be true for each gene it would be very unlikely that any two offspring would get exactly the same set of all the genes. For the offspring of two set of identical twins, the parents are essentially interchangable but the moms have one genetic makeup and the dads another. The offspring of either family would share from the same pool of genes and so the cousins would be as closely related as brothers and sisters but not identical.
Cloning,on the other hand, occurs when the entire genetic makeup of one individual is used to create another. In this case there is no recombination of alleles and the donor and the offspring share all of their alleles for every gene (they are genetically identical, like identical twins).
2007-02-23 09:36:07 · answer #9 · answered by mrs sexy pants 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, every baby is different. Each sperm has different genetics.
Identical twins are caused when one egg splits in two.
There would be no way that the children would be identical.
2007-02-23 09:34:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. My father is an identical twin and so i've thought alot about this kind of thing. I think they would have the same DNA, but they would all still have their own finger prints.
2007-02-23 09:29:17 · answer #11 · answered by bluegrass 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋