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  2. Multiple birth - Wikipedia

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    Fetuses resulting from different zygotes are called fraternal and share only 50% of their genetic material, as ordinary full siblings from separate births do. Fetuses resulting from the same zygote share 100% of their genetic material and hence are called identical. [1] Identical twins are always the same sex.

  3. Superfecundation - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, twins who were born with two different skin colors were discovered to be conceived as a result of heteropaternal superfecundation. [7] [5] In 1995, a young woman gave birth to diamniotic monochorionic twins, who were originally assumed to be monozygotic twins until a paternity suit led to a DNA test. This led to the discovery that the ...

  4. Twin - Wikipedia

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    The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 9.4 to 16.7 twin sets (18.8 to 33.3 twins) per 1,000 births. [5] The Yoruba people have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, [6] [7] [8] possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may ...

  5. Parents surprised to learn twin toddlers have different fathers

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    This rare occurrence, when twins have the same mother but different fathers, is called superfecundation. This case is thought to be the first set of bi-paternal twins born in Vietnam, though there ...

  6. These twins have two different birth years. NYE babies born ...

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    This is going to be a great ice breaker when they get older.

  7. List of multiple births - Wikipedia

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    The Hayes also have two sets of twins, Kevin and Kyle (eight years old at the time of the sextuplets' birth) and Kieran and Meghan (five years old). They are the only family in the United States to have two sets of twins and a set of sextuplets. [93] The family was the subject of a reality television show, Table for 12, on TLC in the U.S. [94]

  8. If Our Birth Charts Say So Much About Us, Why Am I So ... - AOL

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    Yes, there is an astrological explanation for why twins can have such different personalities but nearly identical birth charts. ... and there are 12 different areas of life, the houses. ...

  9. Populated places with highest incidence of multiple birth

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    Twin Birth Rate Kodinhi: India: Asia: 204 sets of twins and 2 sets of triplets born to 2,000 families [1] Velikaya Kopanya Ukraine: Europe: 122 twins in a population of 4,000 [2] Igbo-Ora: Nigeria: Africa: 45 to 50 sets of twins per 1000 live births [3] Cândido Godói: Brazil: South America: One in 10 births involves twins [4] Mohammadpur Umri ...