Ok, I had asked once before "what are the chances of me having twins." A lot of people said it doesn't matter what's on the father's side, it's what's on the mother's. SO please explain my boyfriend's genetic history & explain why every generation male has been an identical twin.
His great great great grandpa,
great great grandpa,
great grandpa,
grandpa & grandma [aw two twins marrying--how cute],
his father,
and him [his twin died tho] were identical twins.
Also, his father [in another relationship] had twin boys.
p.s. I asked this question a little earlier & I received some replies like: are you sure they were identical, etc. Well, considering it goes back to his great great great g.pa WHO KNOWS! According to his family, they are all identical tho. Someone also mentioned fertility drugs...NONE of them took that!?!
2007-03-28 18:03:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
To answer someone's question about him having a big family...YES a very large one!
2007-03-28 18:18:14 · update #1
Well, fraternal twins are supposed to be the ones that are hereditary...through the mother's side, because whether or not you pop out more than one egg a month to be fertilized depends on your genes, not his... BUT identical twins are said to be a spontaneous split of one fertilized egg. Who knows, maybe you are finding a genetic link (that science has yet to discover) that causes the splitting? It can't hurt to explain this to a OBGYN and see if they can come up with something or maybe tell you where to get it researched further.
2007-03-28 18:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by ~♥Anna♥~ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just an amazing coincidence that identical twins happened generation after generation in the same family. Identical twins happen when a single fertilized egg splits into two, its not genetically linked to either the mother or father. Fraternal twins would be passed down maternally as the "ability" to release more than one egg at a time.
Another thing, were all those twins born into large families? The more children a woman gives birth to the more likely she is to have a set of identical twins.
2007-03-28 18:16:54 · answer #2 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not really sure but I have that in my family but its more along the lines of
My Great Great Grandmother was An Identical Twin
(Her son had 2 twin daughters)
My Grandmother Was a Phaternal Twin
And I am a Phaternal Twin, so as the twin thing im not really that sure on the father vs. mother side, thats how mine went hope i helped probably not but hey i tried!!
2007-03-28 18:10:08 · answer #3 · answered by mommy_2_b07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both you and your husband have equal chances to affect the child. so there are like 50-50 chances that you'd have twins or not. doesn't really matter if it's the mother's side or the father's side. they're equal except of course of the intelligence of the child, it's from the mom. that's for sure.
2007-03-28 18:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
my father has twins on his side, and my husband has twins on his mum and dads side and his mum was preg with twins but lost them (misscarriage) and i have 2 kids and neither of them were twins, so you might have a higher chance, but just enjoy it, every baby is unique. good luck
2007-03-28 18:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by mum of 3 girls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry dear. As his father is having twin boys in another relationship, so you will not have twins. It will be in another relationship if the twins came in.
2007-03-28 18:22:54 · answer #6 · answered by chawcs 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋