Identical Twins Marrying Identical Twins and Having Identical Twins

by Robert Wilkinson

I suspect this Soul group has a bunch of Gemini in their charts! The odds of someone having identical twins is 3 in 1000. What are the odds of identical twins marrying identical twins and having identical twins?

Courtesy of the Scott Stump article in Today titled Seeing double: Twin marries twin, and they have identical twin boys we find a story that is stranger than fantasy! A guy fell in love at a twins convention, then got his brother who fell in love with the other twin sister. Obviously the guys proposed on the same day, and had a double wedding some months later. Two years later, one of the couples gave birth to twin boys.

The story states there are “no hereditary traits” for identical twins to give birth to identical twins. In it we read that “The odds of having identical twins are three in every 1,000 births, but the odds of an identical twin marrying another identical twin and then giving birth to identical twins are millions to one. Genetically, the five combined children of the two couples are technically siblings, although in reality they are considered cousins.”

Anyway, go check out the story, since it’s got more. I’m sure the neighbors just love the “double vision” thing, and I wonder if anyone ever gets confused about who is who. And I just may see if I can find an email to get their birth data if they’ll let that info out. I’m sure that Gemini is featured somehow!!

© Copyright 2013 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Matt]

I think this is one of these moments that I go "phew!" for being a fraternal twin. In any case, while there may not be a genetic predisposition to having identical twins, there is a higher propensity to having twins in general.

[cristi]

We always have twins, as in every other generation. I even saw a picture of a twin chubby brother when I was small, being cared by my grandmother. It was no mystery to me or I always thought it naturally extraordinary, if there is such a thing.

We also have lots of half siblings. And this is my wonder; surely they are not siblings, in genetics point of view, right? I think they are more like cousins. Am I correct or not?

Thanks!

Mabuhay!

[cristi]

*twin chubby brothers*