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CoutureMaMa
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ttc'er w question to twin mommies
for those of you who are haviing twins; did anyone in your family have twins? because i have two sets in my family; both are my mothers cousins, and i didn t know if that increased my chance or not. i dont know how far it has to be int he generations.
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Posted 11/19/08 3:57 PM  |
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Hi I am not having twins but the "twin gene" is really just overovulation. If your mom's cousins are twins, is she related by blood to the twins' mother or to the twins' father?
Message edited 11/19/2008 4:11:38 PM.
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NoahsArkTummy
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
imhaving  's in april...Rob has twin nieces(fraternal) and twin cousins also fraternal..and on my side i have 2nd cousins woh are fraternal twins.....i thinkt he ld wives tale is it skips a generation.....we didnt ever think we would have twins....it was definately a shock...but amazing
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| Posted 11/19/08 4:13 PM |
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
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Grandma and her sister are twins. Grandma has one boy (my dad) and one girl. In this stage, only the baby girl can be prone to have twins since she is the only one that ovulates. My dad does carry the overovulation trait but it will skip this generation since dad doesn't ovulate. My dad and mom have one boy and one girl (me). My dad has passed the overovulation trait on to me since I am a female and I ovulate. This does not effect my brother's chances of having twins since he doesn't ovulate, but will increase the chance that he passes it down to his daughters. Make sense?
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MrsS2005
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Posted by 2peasmypod
imhaving 's in april...Rob has twin nieces(fraternal) and twin cousins also fraternal..and on my side i have 2nd cousins woh are fraternal twins.....i thinkt he ld wives tale is it skips a generation.....we didnt ever think we would have twins....it was definately a shock...but amazing
Aren't you having identical twins? Only fraternal twins are hereditary. Also, your DH's side of the family has nothing to do with your chances of having twins.
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Posted by MrsS2005
Posted by 2peasmypod
imhaving 's in april...Rob has twin nieces(fraternal) and twin cousins also fraternal..and on my side i have 2nd cousins woh are fraternal twins.....i thinkt he ld wives tale is it skips a generation.....we didnt ever think we would have twins....it was definately a shock...but amazing
Aren't you having identical twins? Only fraternal twins are hereditary. Also, your DH's side of the family has nothing to do with your chances of having twins.
To be fair she didn't say that they were inherited, just stated her family history. I hope this doesn't start a war...
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MrsS2005
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Posted by NextStopBabytown
Posted by MrsS2005
Posted by 2peasmypod
imhaving 's in april...Rob has twin nieces(fraternal) and twin cousins also fraternal..and on my side i have 2nd cousins woh are fraternal twins.....i thinkt he ld wives tale is it skips a generation.....we didnt ever think we would have twins....it was definately a shock...but amazing
Aren't you having identical twins? Only fraternal twins are hereditary. Also, your DH's side of the family has nothing to do with your chances of having twins.
To be fair she didn't say that they were inherited, just stated her family history. I hope this doesn't start a war...
Seriously?  I was simply pointing out facts that not everyone knows about twins. I'm not sure where you're seeing any type of drama.
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Posted by MrsS2005
Posted by NextStopBabytown
Posted by MrsS2005
Posted by 2peasmypod
imhaving 's in april...Rob has twin nieces(fraternal) and twin cousins also fraternal..and on my side i have 2nd cousins woh are fraternal twins.....i thinkt he ld wives tale is it skips a generation.....we didnt ever think we would have twins....it was definately a shock...but amazing
Aren't you having identical twins? Only fraternal twins are hereditary. Also, your DH's side of the family has nothing to do with your chances of having twins.
To be fair she didn't say that they were inherited, just stated her family history. I hope this doesn't start a war...
Seriously? I was simply pointing out facts that not everyone knows about twins. I'm not sure where you're seeing any type of drama.
I wasn't seeing drama and I think everyone can agree that it's difficult to tell someone's tone of voice online. I just hoped that 2peasmypod didn't get offended and I didn't want anyone to start fighting. That's all. 
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
my best friend is married to a twin and has twins on HER side too - she had one baby.
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| Posted 11/19/08 6:22 PM |
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CoutureMaMa
nicholas is one!!
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Re: ttc'er w question to twin mommies
Posted by NextStopBabytown
Hi I am not having twins but the "twin gene" is really just overovulation. If your mom's cousins are twins, is she related by blood to the twins' mother or to the twins' father?
father for both
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