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Fraternal Twins Facts





You will find these fraternal twins facts - whether you are expecting fraternal twin babies or you are a fraternal twin yourself - enjoyable and informative.

Identical and fraternal twins are not the same. Fraternal Twins in medical jargon are called Dizygotic Twins:



di = two and zygote = one sperm and one egg cell.



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Fraternal Twin Babies - on Their First birthday





Fraternal Twins Facts

Fraternal twins originate from two different eggs.

They are the most common of all twin babies and occur 66 to 75% of the time. Unlike identical twins, fraternal twins are no more genetically similar than any two siblings with the same biological parents.




Fraternal Twins Combinations

  • Two baby girls

  • Two baby boys

  • One of each: a boy AND a girl!






    • Incidence of Fraternal Twins Per Race


    Frequency of Fraternal Twins per Race

    Asian1 in 500
    Caucasian1 in 125
    AfricanAs high as 1 in 20 in some populations





    More Fraternal Twins Facts

    The babies have two placentas that can sometimes fuse into one.

    Fertility drugs make you more likely to conceive fraternal twins.




    Other Factors Include

  • Once you have had a set of fraternal twins, you are twice as likely to have another set in a future pregnancy. Indeed this happened to Florence.




  • Fraternal twins are hereditary - they run in families.

    • So...

    ... If you are a fraternal twin or you are related to fraternal twins, you are more likely to have a set.

    While identical twins happen by sheer chance, fraternal twins on the contrary do run in families. The tendency to conceive fraternal twins is carried by the mother.

    A history of fraternal twins

    makes one more likely - 3 times - to conceive fraternal twins.




  • Age: The older you are, the greater your chances of having naturally occurring fraternal twins or higher-order multiples.

    • Hormonal changes in older women are a likely cause.




  • The more pregnancies you have had, the greater your chances of having twins.

  • Twins are more common in large and tall women than in small women.




    • Natural Vaginal Birth Stories of Twins

  • Nicolas and David ~ 11-4-2007 A homebirth.

  • Jacob and Joseph ~ 9-14-2009 A breech homebirth of twins






    • Some Famous Fraternal Twins

  • Jenna and Barbara Bush - Daughters of President George W. Bush

  • Kiefer Sutherland - Actor

  • Justin Timberlake - Singer

  • Mario Andretti - Race car driver

  • Cleopatra had Julius Caesar's twin babies









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