Hello California7,
According to the following article, identical twin women have only a
0.6% probability of having a twin birth.
?Women who are themselves fraternal twins have a 10% chance of
producing twins, identical twin women have only a 0.6% probability of
having a twin birth.
Once a woman conceives twins, she has a 5% (that's one in twenty)
chance of having twins again. There are no interesting parallels to
these percentages among dads! A man who is a twin has the same
probability of fathering twins as any other man.?
Twins: DEVELOPMENT and LANGUAGE
http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/mbc.htm
This article claims that if you are a twin and if you are identical,
it doesn't affect your chances, and they remain from 1 in anywhere
from 38 - 90, depending on if fertility drugs are used or not.
If You Are A Twin (Or Have Twins In Your Family):
?If you are a fraternal twin, you have a 1 in 17 chance of having
twins. If you are identical, it doesn't affect your chances, and they
remain from 1 in anywhere from 38 - 90, depending on if fertility
drugs are used or not. If your mother is a fraternal twin, you may
have a higher than average chance of twins. If you father is a twin
and you are a female, it may slightly increase your chances. If your
husband is a twin or has twins in his family, it doesn't affect your
chances of having twins.
If you have a parent that is an identical twin, your chance of having
twins yourself are the same as anyone else.?
http://www.threebluestars.com/multiples/2twinningrates.html
?The hereditary part of having twins isn't for identical twins, but
for fraternal twins, where a woman ovulates two eggs rather than one.
That would be passed through the mother's side of the family, not the
father's. ?
http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-14398.html
?If the mother is herself a fraternal twin, the chances of having
twins increases about five-fold?
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010040926/http://twinsmagazine.com/factsstats.html
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
