Pregnancy - Teens Support Group

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is there a twin gene does anybody no because my mums told me that if i have children i'll be having twins because of a gene that i've inherited i just wondered if anyone knows if this gene is real or not.... thanks all
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There is a twin gene, it is passed down on the fathers side of the family
I have twins on both sides so I am surprised I only have one!!
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There is a twin gene indeed, but there's no way to tell if you are carrying a dominant twin gene. If you have kids, definately doesn't mean you'll have twins for sure, but there's certainly the possibility. On the other hand, you could have 10 kids and none of them could be twins! Nothing is certain though.
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but thank god for having a test done to find out if your having twins or not lol im not thats a good thing lol i jsut want one and thats it
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It isn't a gene as such. It can be passed from either your mother or fathers side of the family. It all has to do with hyperovulation, which is where two eggs are realised instead of one. Your patners family has NOTHING to do with wether or not you have twins.

Next only fraturnal twins are a genetic triat passed down. This is where there are two eggs and the babies are non identical. Identical twins have nothing to do with family they just happen. So first of all find out who in your family is a twin....grandmother/grandfather, aunt/uncle and such and find out what type. Non identical than yes there is a small chance you too may have twins if however your family has idnetical twins than no you do not carry the trait.

Other things like race, age, being overwieght, hormones and number of previous children factor into having twins.

The older you are the more likely you are to have twins, the more children you have the more likely you are to have twins, ladies from Africa have the most amount of twins while asians have the least, being overweight also increases the chance of having twins. Hope this helps, I am pregnant with non identical twins right now so feel free to ask anymore questions and if i can't answer them i am sure one of the ladies I know who have twins can.

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