Is it possible to get pregnant with fraternal twins and identical twins at once? Afterall, cant you have 2 eggs in one month and one then split to form identical twins?
2007-03-24 21:38:38 · 13 answers · asked by googooslide2000 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
In that case you would have to have 3 eggs, but seriously there is this lady who had two uteruses who gave birth to identical twins from one and then another fraternal twin out of the 2nd uterus. Highly rare, but check out the link.
2007-03-24 21:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by adamsts54 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say it's possible to have to eggs fertilized at the same time,. The odds of this happening are extremely rare. It's not impossible, but it's not a usual case. You could have it where two eggs split created identical and two eggs are seperately fertilized to create the fraternal twin. You would need three eggs though in this case.
2007-03-24 21:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This would only occur if three eggs were dropped, and fertilized two would be the fraternal twins, and one splitting would be the identical twins. This has happened in clinically induced pregnancies, but I think it would very rare in a naturally occuring pregnancy.
2007-03-25 03:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I knew the Smith triplets, two identical girls and a third who was different. She was the fraternal twin of each of the identical twins. I wonder if she felt a bit left out?
2007-03-24 21:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; To form identical twins, one fertilised egg splits and develops two babies with exactly the same genetic information. This differs from fraternal twins, where two eggs are fertilised by two sperm and produce two genetically unique children, who are no more alike than individual siblings born at different times.
2007-03-24 21:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i suppose that's possible. the one egg that didn't split would be fraternal twins with the one egg that split into two. so you would have triplets, where one child is fraternal twins with the other two, and the other two kids are identical twins with each other.
2007-03-24 21:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is possible highly rare but possible well you can even have twins by two different men lol and i have a friend who that has a twin by a different father
2007-03-24 23:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. I never thought of that. I guess it's totally possible if two egg each contain 2 embryos. Huh.
2007-03-24 21:41:57 · answer #8 · answered by Toni 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible, although only if you have three eggs, which makes it very rare.
2007-03-24 21:56:41 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes possible but chances of happening slim.
2007-03-24 21:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by TLC4theworld 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋