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Well you learn something new every day.......

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 19 May 2009 08:11

As that guy would say(wotsis name?)

"Is it cos I is black?"

Bob

ps........"or conversely? ""Cos I is white?""

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 18 May 2009 19:59

we have two twins near us one is white one isn't
but they do have the same father
nature is sometimes unpredictable

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The birth of Middlesbrough

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 18 May 2009 19:58

Do you think Amanda he maybe secretly suspected she'd been playing away? lol

Glad it's not just me that was surprised !!!xx

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Amanda2003

Amanda2003 Report 18 May 2009 19:53

Muffy , I heard about it on the radio and was amazed that such a thing could happen.
Apparently the DNA test was called for as the babies look very different ( perhaps one of them looks like the other man ? ).

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₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&# Report 18 May 2009 19:16

They will have been fraternal twins, which means two separate eggs, and not identical twins, which is one egg split after fertilization.

Jac

Jac Report 18 May 2009 19:16

I've heard of it before: apparently the "deeds" must occur within a very short time period:

puts a hole new meaning to the words "next please".))))

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 18 May 2009 19:15

LOL I knew it happened with cats but I never really thought about it with Humans !!! Though thinking about it I don't know why I didn't think it was possible ......I don't suppose I ever really thought about it !

I lead a sheltered life pmsl.

I wonder why the Husband asked for the DNA in the first place.....My children were chatting as I was watching and I missed that bit xx

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 18 May 2009 19:15

Two kinds o' twins are possible.

Identical -- both from the same egg, which splits early on to make two embryos.

Fraternal (kind of a stupid term if one or both are girls) -- from two different eggs, released about the same time.


I think it's fraternal is the hereditary kind -- the tendency to release two eggs when ordinarily only one is released is what's inherited.

So in the two-egg scenario, the eggs could indeed be fertilized by sperm from different sources!

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Maria

Maria Report 18 May 2009 19:15

Hi Muffy,

I knew that could happen, but it's very unusual.

I've got twin boys but they're identical, wasn't having any secret flings, they were both fathered by my ex. Poor lads ;o)

Maria xx

Jean Durant

Jean Durant Report 18 May 2009 19:13

Well they couldn't have been identical could they lol.

Sue

Sue Report 18 May 2009 19:13

Happens with cats!

Not much help am I...lol

xx

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 18 May 2009 19:12

Saw on the news today a mother in the USA had twin boys.......husband wanted her to do a DNA test and it turns out the twin boys have two different fathers.......the husband and a guy she had a secret fling with !

I'm ashamed to say I didn't even know that could happen !!!

Am i very naive or was anyone else in the dark about this too? xx

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