https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:21:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370827 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:31:17 +0000 matador84 2370827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL is a twin, my first cousin has a set of twins, my mom's cousin has twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370808 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:03:31 +0000 Mrs. D 2370808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I believe I read somewhere that identical twins could come from either mom or dads family tree, but that fraternal only counts if its in moms family tree, since it requires her body to release two eggs, which dad CAN'T make her do. So Fraternal runs in families, bu only matters at concepion if it's moms side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370802 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:56:55 +0000 Miss Ariel 2370802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not on my side, but dh has triplet cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370793 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:45:28 +0000 rachiecakes 2370793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have three sets of twin cousins (BG, GG &amp; BB, one of each lol) and then another cousin that had twins (BB). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370784 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:35:16 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2370784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL is a twin (but that has no affect on DH's and my chances for multiples). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370228 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:34:10 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2370228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is a fraternal twin and I believe I heard her mother was one but had a vanishing twin or twin that didn't make it through birth (which I guess must have been later on because this was 70 years ago.) I had what was most likely a vanishing twin my second pregnancy (lost at a little past 5 weeks so I never saw a hb on that one, just a sac, but the u/s was so cloudy from the bleeding that the ob wasn't absolutely 100% sure.) I'm really curious to see if my mom's twins' daughters have any twins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370223 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:29:05 +0000 MrsSCB 2370223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is a twin (fraternal). His parents did IVF, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370217 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:27:08 +0000 ms.line 2370217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My maternal grandmother and her sister both had stillborn twins. I also have fraternal twin cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370214 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:25:44 +0000 nana87 2370214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma was an identical twin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370130 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:03:45 +0000 Mrs. D 2370130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, at least not in recent history. a few generations back on my moms side there were a set of fraternal twins, I think, and my second cousin has identical twins.<br /> I keep joking to DH that when he knocks me up this time It'll be with twins, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370124 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:57:38 +0000 skipra 2370124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only distantly on both sides of my mom's family. One of her cousins (on her dad's side) had twin girls and one of her cousins (on her mom's side) had twin granddaughters. Probably came from the sides of the families not related to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2370000 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:00:35 +0000 BSB 2370000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! My twins are through IVF. </p> <p>@twodoghouse: Aww! Twins do run in your family! IVF twins! Sucks that you and your sister both had to go through IVF, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369985 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:49:54 +0000 Mrs. Peanut 2369985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No twins on either side! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369721 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:06:32 +0000 birdofafeather 2369721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>on DH's side. he is a twin and he has a set of twin cousins. i think there is a grandpa who is a twin as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369652 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:23:59 +0000 twodoghouse 2369652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: I've definitely heard about families where identicals are so common that there just has to be a genetic link. I've read some things on twin boards that suggest that some women's eggs are just more likely to split and/or some men's sperm are more likely to split an egg. If those properties have a genetic link, it may explain why identicals seem to run in families? I don't know much about the science behind it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369602 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:02:10 +0000 Alivoo01 2369602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! But for some reason, my family always secretly wishes we did when we told them we were pregnant. We firmly told them it was a singleton, but they always so maybe! (O_o) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369547 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:44:08 +0000 farawayyama 2369547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little. My mother miscarried my twin but that's the only case outside of fertility treatments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369539 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:40:48 +0000 BabyMats 2369539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes they do. But I really only know of my mom's brother and sister and my twins both fraternal. Dont know of any other family because my grandma didnt really talk about her family like at all<br /> Eta. Funny story is I felt myself hyperovulate (sp?) And told my co worker that i felt pinching from both sides that I was thinking thats what was happening but didnt fully believe it until a few weeks later when they "found another baby in there" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369534 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:38:25 +0000 bushelandapeck 2369534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On my dad's side and now my sister has a set of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369526 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:33:57 +0000 Boogs 2369526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes in both our families, but my dr said only fraternal twins are hereditary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369522 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:31:52 +0000 Purpledaisy 2369522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not in mine. DH is a twin but his mom did fertility treatments so twins don't actually run in the family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369521 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:31:42 +0000 LuLu Mom 2369521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I always wonder about the identical thing not being genetic. Both sets of identical twins I know come from families that have identical twins </p> <p>I have friends I've known for life, both their mom and their mom's mom was an identical twin...3 generations in a row, how is that not some what genetic? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369425 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:23:35 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2369425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There aren't any multiples in either of our families. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369391 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:59:25 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2369391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but my husband's grandfather was a twin so my in laws were certain that it was skipping a generation and we'd have twins. When we bought our family car they said it was big enough for twins- I was 6 months pregnant with our single child at the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369381 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:54:54 +0000 twodoghouse 2369381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of? My sister and I both have twins, so from an outsider's perspective they "run in the family." However, both sets are IVF twins! I actually have twin cousins, and both my grandmas had sisters who were twins but they are all identical which isn't supposed to be genetic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369358 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:35:46 +0000 winniebee 2369358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My great grandma was a twin. That's all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369346 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:30:28 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2369346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two sets of b/g twins on DH's side. None anywhere in my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369344 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:29:03 +0000 Mamasig 2369344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not on my side. My MIL is a fraternal twin. And my BIL had triplets. They were through IVF, but two eggs were put in and one split creating the three. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369325 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:19:37 +0000 petunia354 2369325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sides. My maternal grandmother gave birth to stillborn twins and then 2 of my paternal aunts had twins and my cousin had twins as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-multiples-run-in-your-family#post-2369317 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:17:42 +0000 Smurfette 2369317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both sides </p>