am i more likely to have a twin if i am a twin?

Question

I am a fraternal twin and my husband is also a fraternal twin. He also has 2 brothers who are identical twins. Twins do not run in my family. My brother and i are the only twins in the family. But twins do run in my husbands family. I have heard that only fraternal twins are genetic and it only depends on the womans side. So I am guessing it would not matter if twins run in my husbands family. Even though twins do not run in my family am I more like to have a twin just because i am one?

P.S. honestly I realy do not want to have twins

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

Okay. A little biology lesson. Identical twins do NOT run in families. Fraternal twins do. However, fraternal twins only run through girls (because guys do no produce eggs). So your husband has no greater chance of having twins, but if they run in his family, and you have a daughter, she's got a pretty good shot.

So my guess would be no, that it's not likely. But twins can happen spontanously too, not all twins are because of genetics.

Answer 3

Yes but only because you are a fraternal twin. The male in this case doesnt matter if he's a twin or not it comes from the maternal side of the family.

Edit- I've heard a lot of theories about who has more of a chance of conceiving twins, such as the fact that twins skip a generation (not true) and that any kind of reproductive therapy guarantees multiples (also not true). Here are some odds of having twins based on numbers reported to the National Vital Statistics Bureau.


Odds:

Fraternal twins - 1 in 60

Identical twins - 1 in 240

Twins of any type - 1 in 40

2nd set of identical twins - 1 in 70,000

2nd set of fraternal twins - 1 in 5

Twins using Clomid - 1 in 5

A fraternal twin having twins - 1 in 17

Conjoined twins - 1 in 60,000

Unassisted triplets - 1 in 8,100

All triplets - 1 in 517 (US Figures)


Women of advanced maternal age are more likely to have twins. Caucasian women between the ages of 50 and 54 have a 1 in 3 chance of having twins. That number is likely influenced by women of that age requiring reproductive therapy. Race also plays a part. African-American women are more likely to have twins than Caucasian women, but Caucasian women are more likely to have twins than Hispanic women, and Hispanic women are more likely to have twins than women of Asian descent.

Answer 4

More likely than most. Because obviously you carry the genetic marker for fraternal twins! And you are more likely to have twins than your brother is too.

Answer 5

while "twinning" seems to run in families sometimes (my ex wife was a fraternal twin), twinning also seems to "skip" a generation. It is less likely that you will have twin offspring, than that your child or children will have twin offspring. While you could be a single child mother, you are more likely to be a "twin-grandma". Hope this helps.

Answer 6

No, it is all a roll of the dice. Doctors can't even predict that anyone will likely have twins. It happens when it happens.

Answer 7

I dunno consult your doctor probably not!