My husband's mother is a twin. I am 42 years old. What are my chances of having twin's?

Answer 1

Identical twins: fluke of nature when one egg splits into two. There are no genes that scientists have found that are passed down from generation to generation to cause this to happen. Everone has the same chances of having identical twins

Faternal Twins: caused by a gene the women carry that cause more than one egg to be released at ovulation. This gene is not carried or passed down by men. If YOUR mom or grandmom had faternal twins there is a 25% chance that you inhereited the gene and a 25% that you will concieve twins. That gene does not "skip" generations. Studies have shown that the older a women is the higher her chance of giving birth to multiples... but there is no percentage and the study doesnt include whether or not faternal twins ran on the womens side.

But since it was your husbands mother that was a twin, you have the same chance of having twins as everyone else.

Answer 2

Twins are not determined by the male...true the male passes certain genes to his female offspring that increase her chances of having twins, but that's the limit as to what the male has to do with it. Twins result from a woman's egg splitting or two eggs being fertilized at the same time...all of which is something that the woman's body decides to do. Here is a link on some info about chances of having twins.
http://pregnancy.about.com/od/multiplepregnancy/a/oddsoftwins.htm

Good luck.

Answer 3

Normally the twins skip a generation. So if your mother in law is a twin then your kids have a good chance of having twins. My friend is a twin and he has 4 kids and none of them are twins.

Answer 4

Women who are fraternal twins have a one in 60 chance of having twins. If you have twins you have a greater chance of having more multiple births. From what I understand, however, the "heredity" side of having twins falls to the mother's side less than the father's. It depends on whether you ovulate and release two eggs (fraternal) or if you egg divides into to separate sacs (identical). Also, the older you are the better chance of conceiving twins.

Answer 5

Your chances are very slim...twins usually run genetically on the female side and usually skips a generation; so, your husband's sister's daughters would have the greater chance of having twins.

Answer 6

Twins are passed down through the mothers side. So your husbands mother will not affect your children(in this way anywy).

Answer 7

your husband mother having twin have nothing to do wiht you having twins but because of your age your chances of havong twins double

Answer 8

as that's accidental, i do no longer see it extremely being a concern. perhaps you ought to swap between the names around so they're opposites if it bothers you that plenty? Matthew Jude or McKayla Joanna instead? i do no longer see any concern with the names besides regardless of the undeniable fact that. they're thoroughly diverse, in spite of everything.

Answer 9

Are you using any fertility drugs to help out, or just going the good old natural way? It you really are hoping for multiple births, there are certain fertility drugs that will heighten your chances, but I'm sure you have already heard of that!

Answer 10

Lets see. My brother is a triplett, my aunt has 2 sets of twins, my father was a twin and he has a set of triplett nephews and his neice has a set of twins..And I have 2 single births.