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14-05-2010, 04:45 PM
There are lots of myths and misguided facts about multiple births. Here we un-pick some common tales and present some interesting facts we bet you never knew
1.Identical twins are sometimes born as mirror-image twins, meaning they are11 identical but their traits are reversed. For instance a left-handed twin would have a right-handed mirror-image twin.
2. Identical twins that are separated at birth often end up with similar personalities, jobs, opinions and interests.
3. The odds are a million to one but twins can appear to be of different races. Recently a child with mixed-race parents was born with white skin while her twin sister was born with dark.
4. There are 150 pairs of identical twins in USA which are married to other identical twins.
5. In rare cases twins can have two different fathers if a mother releases eggs more than once during her cycle. They will form in the womb together and have similar DNA due to the mother.
6. Identical twins may have the same DNA but they don't have the same fingerprints, as fingerprints are formed depending on the conditions of the womb.
7. There is no evidence that the likelihood of having twins skips a generation, it's just a common misconception.
8. Twins are nearly always born very close together but sometimes they can be born days or weeks apart. Twins were born two months apart in 2006, as one had to be delivered due to an infection in the mother's womb.
9. Twins sometimes have their own language which only they can understand, this is called cryptophasia. It happens quite often when twins are young children but sometimes continues for the whole of their lives.
10. The country with the most twins is Nigeria, nearly all coming from the Yoruba ethnic group. It is the only place in the world where identical twins are more common than non-identical twins.
A higher rate of twins (18-22%) are left handed compared to non-twins (10%).
1.Identical twins are sometimes born as mirror-image twins, meaning they are11 identical but their traits are reversed. For instance a left-handed twin would have a right-handed mirror-image twin.
2. Identical twins that are separated at birth often end up with similar personalities, jobs, opinions and interests.
3. The odds are a million to one but twins can appear to be of different races. Recently a child with mixed-race parents was born with white skin while her twin sister was born with dark.
4. There are 150 pairs of identical twins in USA which are married to other identical twins.
5. In rare cases twins can have two different fathers if a mother releases eggs more than once during her cycle. They will form in the womb together and have similar DNA due to the mother.
6. Identical twins may have the same DNA but they don't have the same fingerprints, as fingerprints are formed depending on the conditions of the womb.
7. There is no evidence that the likelihood of having twins skips a generation, it's just a common misconception.
8. Twins are nearly always born very close together but sometimes they can be born days or weeks apart. Twins were born two months apart in 2006, as one had to be delivered due to an infection in the mother's womb.
9. Twins sometimes have their own language which only they can understand, this is called cryptophasia. It happens quite often when twins are young children but sometimes continues for the whole of their lives.
10. The country with the most twins is Nigeria, nearly all coming from the Yoruba ethnic group. It is the only place in the world where identical twins are more common than non-identical twins.
A higher rate of twins (18-22%) are left handed compared to non-twins (10%).