https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:23:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-40073 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:31:48 +0000 dali137 40073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>New studies are showing that identical twins can have a genetic component as there are families with many sets.<br /> As far as not knowing if a set of twins (same gender) are identical... if they have the same blood type you can order a DNA test that involves a mouth swap and find out for sure ;)</p> <p>I am due in April with 2 boys... they are Di/Di twins, meaning 2 sacs and 2 placentas... which is an indication that they are fraternal; but there is a 30% chance they are identical.</p> <p>Fraternal twins also don't "skip" a generation as a rule... it just seems like they do as naturally conceived fraternal twins result from the mother hyper-ovulating... A father with twins in his family could pass the gene to his daughter but would not have an increased likely hood of conceiving fraternal twins based on his genetics alone.</p> <p>Having twins definitely changes the game a lot... I live in Chicago and childcare for 2 is about going to break us. We'll make it though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-29187 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:15:41 +0000 MrsBrewer 29187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my brother and sister are twins, and my great grandmother on my mom's side had 2 sets of twins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-29123 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:29:42 +0000 hopeful 29123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma had a fraternal twin sister; my husband has a twin sister too. Growing up I always wished that *I* had a twin! I imagined it would be so much fun to have a built in best friend like that... though in reality, my husband and his sister are not very close. </p> <p>As for having twins myself- part of me thinks it would be really fun, and part of me is scared of how much work it would be. As of now we are looking at trying IVF and probably having 2 embryos transferred, which means it would be a possibility... so I've been thinking about it a lot lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23807 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:39:31 +0000 Mrs.KMM 23807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL is a fraternal twin (he has a twin sister). There are no twins on my side of the family though so DH and I won't have any increased chance (although I honestly don't think I'd mind twins). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23805 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:36:41 +0000 LuLu Mom 23805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No twins in my family, however my cousin just announced last month that she is having them! Neither her nor her husband have them on their side. I've had dreams several times that we have twins (which I'm okay with) however it is very unlikely. I think if I'm going to get them I want to start with them not end with them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23800 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:33:18 +0000 carrieknitscake 23800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nephews are fraternal twins. I think that twins run in my SIL's family. After seeing them manage twins and now an infant, I don't want twins, same with my husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23783 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:04:04 +0000 rachiecakes 23783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have three sets of twin cousins! One of each, boy/boy, girl/girl and boy/girl. And another cousin (not a twin herself) just recently had twins.</p> <p>At my work there are 4 sets of twins. </p> <p>I'm surrounded :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23158 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:59:51 +0000 Lozza 23158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PitBullLover - You should be safe on the twin thing :)<br /> Fraternal twins can run in families because there's a gene that causes women to release more than one egg during a regular cycle. So your husband's sister likely has a better-than-average chance of having fraternal twins, but you wouldn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23093 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:50:39 +0000 DillonLion 23093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No twins anywhere in my family that I'm aware of! I also don't know of any on DH's side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-23005 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:32:41 +0000 Rescuemom10 23005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have three sets of twins in my family, all cousins.<br /> DH was actually a twin but his twin did not make it and was lost early in pregnancy. DH's siblings are triplets, there where 4 babies originally but once again his mother lost one early in pregnancy. Hers were natural and not a result of fertility treatment or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-22302 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:33:17 +0000 Panda 22302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBeach: I've heard that too, that fraternal twins are hereditary and identical twins aren't. I don't have anything to back that up though.</p> <p>My grandma (mom's mom) had triplets, and 9 single births besides that. A lot of her siblings had fraternal twins. Her siblings' grandkids have at least one set of twins, but I'm not super close to them, it could be more. But none of my mom's siblings had twins. So it's definitely possible that it skips a generation? If it's all true then I'm all set to have triplets... ha. I tease FI about it all the time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-22299 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:26:41 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 22299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up I always wished I had a twin sister. When I got older I started to daydream about having twins. Now I don't know if I could handle double the work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-22237 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:11:51 +0000 MrsBeach 22237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I know! I feel like singlets miss out! I know that they can have equally as meaningful relationships with their siblings, but still. It really is indescribable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20772 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:00:10 +0000 mrbee 20772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an identical twin!</p> <p>I remember the day that I realized that Charlie would grow up without a twin. I was devastated for days! It is an indescribable bond. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20771 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:57:32 +0000 MrsBeach 20771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a twin! I have an identical sister...though I'm not 100% sure if we're identical or not. Back when we were born things were a bit less sophisticated as to how they determined if you were identical or fraternal and wasn't always accurate. We always believed that we were, so I'm happy to keep thinking it! The weird thing is that on my mother's side there are seven sets of twins - all same sex sets and believed to be identical. But when I read about this, I read that identical twins are not hereditary, only fraternal are. So either we're all actually fraternal and the doctors were wrong in every case or there's something strange going on in my family! Either way, I'd love to have twins. It was so fun growing up as one! We're not TTC yet, but I will definitely be excited about that possibility :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20763 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:37:15 +0000 Shutterbug 20763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a daughter of a twin, so I know there's a possibility I'll have twins. My grandmother was 40 when she had the twins, though, so I think her age probably had more to do with it than a genetic predisposition to have twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20756 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:10:44 +0000 Mrs. D 20756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've teased my DH A lot about having twins, but it's not likely. Up until the day of my ultrasound I continued to tease about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20754 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:08:37 +0000 PitBulLover 20754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has a twin sister. Don't know what that means for the possibility of us having twins. I don't think I'd want twins though because even though they share a special bond I can't imagine raising two infants of the same age at the same time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20691 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:05:21 +0000 Rosie Girl 20691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No twins in our family, but I had a dream I as having them! (I'm not though, only one in there!). </p> <p>My friend just had twins (well 6 months ago now!) and there are no twins in her family. She ovulated twice. So she got pregnant, then 2 weeks later ovulated again, and got pregnant again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20683 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:59:07 +0000 rawrasaur 20683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a twin brother, but the product of fertility treatment rather than natural. I don't have any special relationship with my twin brother (I am closer to my other brother), but I would still love to have twins. I don't anticipate it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20669 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:31:51 +0000 MamaMoose 20669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No twins here. When I was younger I used to think I would love having twins. But now that I know how much day care costs... I'm terrified of having twins!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20614 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:51:55 +0000 MrsFarmer 20614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahh, I see...that's a pretty good possibility for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20605 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:42:02 +0000 MaisyMay 20605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's not necessarily that twins skip a generation, rather, it's that the daughters of twins are more likely to have twins than twins themselves. I read a study that explained that twins were more often born to women who were of a larger size, from the East Coast, over the age of 35, were taller than 5'6" and some other characteristics. Of the 7, we realized that I met 5 of the 7 (not older than 35 or from the East Coast) and both of us were twins. We figure out that my odds for having twins was something like 1/5, so we'll see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20592 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:28:20 +0000 MrsFarmer 20592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an uncle who has twin boys but sadly no other twins in the family...I wouldn't mind having a set of twins, but the chance of that is likely very slim in our case.</p> <p>I've heard that twins skip a generation. Is that true? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-twins-here#post-20582 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:21:24 +0000 MaisyMay 20582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey bees, I was wondering if any of you are twins. My husband and I each have twin sisters, mine is a minute younger than me and his is two minutes older than him. Do you think you might have twins? Do they run in your family? </p>