Does anyone know how many generations its skips before you get the next set of twins in the family?

Question

My Uncles (my mums brothers are twins)they had kids and none of them were twins my mum had 3 of us and we were not twins, i have 2 kids not twins and i was jus trying to work out who will have the next set of twins.
Does anyone know? cheers

Oh and they are fraternal twins

Answer 1

Twins are only genetic for fraternals. They only go down the maternal side. So if your husband or boyfriends family has twins it does not increase your chance- AT ALL. This is because the father does not produce the eggs- the mother does. Contrary to modern belief, bionic sperm does not cause the woman to drop two eggs to be fertilized and identicals are not genetic.
This being said- if you have fraternal twins running down your maternal side (which you do clearly, since your grandmother had twins) then you carry a higher likelihood of "double ovulation"- which results in twins. It is only a myth that they skip generations... so YOU might have twins, or your daughters or their daughters might have twins. Just keep in mind, this genetic occurance is only passed down through females. (There are always the flukes! Other things can cause twinning too so it makes it hard to peg down to just genetics)

http://genepi.qimr.edu.au/ScientificAmerican_Twins.html

Answer 2

Were your uncles identical or fraternal? Identical twins do not run in the family. Fraternal twins do. The reason they say it skips a generation is that if the twins are males, they can carry the gene to release more than one egg, bu they aren't the ones with the eggs, so it doesn't happen in that generation but they act as "carriers" of the gene and pass it on to their daughters, if they have any. Your mom may not have that "twin gene", and if she did it could have manifested itself in her births and not skipped a generation. Looks like your uncles, if they are fraternal, are the only lucky ones who got the gene, and their daughters will be the next contenders in the twin race!

Answer 3

I really couldnt tell you...I know that a couple years back I got pregnant and everyone told me my grandmother had twins that died at birth from being premature and back then they didnt have the technology and drugs they have now to help very small babies survive...My sister told me she wondered who would have the twins in the family *family of 8 bros and sisters* i am the 4th oldest also and the only one who has been pregnant in my family so far...i told her i knew it wouldnt be me....i went to the er shortly thereafter from complications and ended up having a miscarriage and thats when the doc told me *by seeing on u/s* that they were twin babies...i was SHOCKED!! so i guess u could say u could if they are in your family...as long as they are fraternal though...identical twins happen by chance not by genetics...

Answer 4

Twins are uncommon at first, and to have one boy and one lady could be exceptionally no longer likely. no longer something you're able to do will substitute your probabilities of what sort of intercourse your babies would be. it rather is all interior the genetics and what sort of sperm happens to fertilize the egg. For fraternal twins (twins that at the instant are not same mutually with one boy and one lady), that would might desire to run interior the lady's kinfolk--fraternal twins take place whilst the lady releases 2 eggs at as quickly as and the two eggs are fertilized. same twins take place whilst there is one egg and is fertilized via one sperm and then splits to make 2 toddlers, which ends up interior a similar intercourse for the two babies (the two the two male or the two woman.) despite if fraternal twins run interior the lady's kinfolk, it rather is nonetheless extra possibly that she'll have a single start and same twins are only a count number of success.

Answer 5

It usually skips a generation. Example: My grandmother had twins, my mom did not (and probably slim chance she would), therefore i am capable of carrying twins. Currently, i am on pregnancy #4, and no twins yet! (Whew!!!) Although, it DID take my Grandma her 16th pregnancy to have a set of twins...fraternal at that! Yes, my grandmother gave birth to 17 children! God bless that woman. :)

Answer 6

Supposedly it skips a generation. But, my father-in-law is a twin, along with 2 other sets, and his mom was a twin.

Answer 7

Mother,,daughters,,grand-daughter,,had twins but It may have been in the numbers.

My mother and 7 siblings were no twins

my mothers 8 children==5 boys and 3 girls ....
1 boy and 1girl are frat twins.

frat twin sister had 4 girls and then 1 boy no twins
frat twin brother had 4 boys and then 1 girl no twins
older sister had 1 boy,,,,frat twins boy/boy,,,,2 more girls
younger sister had 1 girl,,,,frat twins boy/girl,,,,2 more girls
brother had 6 boys 6 girls no twins
brother had 6 girls 2 boys no twins
brother 1 girl 1 boy no twins
mine 1 boy 1 girl no twins

1 girl of my Mothers 44 grandchildren had twins so far.

Answer 8

Usually it will skip one generation of females. (ie- if your grandmother had twins, you will likely have them). And this applies to fraternal twins only. Identical twins are spontaneous.

Answer 9

they say it skips a generation and runs on the male side my sons daddy was a twin so i think ill have twin grandbabies. we will see in the generation clause my husband would be in line as he has twin aunts on moms side and boy girl twins on dads side aunt and uncle his grandma lost a twin at 17 weeks also i think its a miracle and god is the only one who determines it for sure!! good luck

Answer 10

It varies with each family really, but I can tell you that twins are only passed on the females side... not the males...... So it is unlikely that you will have twins... Also identical twins are a fluke occurance they have nothing to do with genes..... Good Luck!!