Twins with Two Different Fathers.

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Whut. 

Clicky: www.buzzfeed.com/juliekliegman/a-judge-just-ruled-that-a-set-of-twin-girls-have-different-f#.wgELd4eLY

"T.M. likely ovulated twice in in the same 48- to 72-hour period, and then each egg was fertilized by sperm from a different man, Karl-Hans Wurzinger of LabCorp reportedly told the court. The result is bipaternal twins."

[mosdub]

I saw this same thing once years ago on a medical documentary on TV! So wild to think they are twins and yet simultaneously half-siblings.

G.R.R. Martin should incorporate this somewhere - just cause you know, the lineage in that book/show isn't screwy enough as it is.

[samanthasays]

I went to HS with boys that were twins with different fathers. Their biological mother was addicted to drugs and the boys were adopted together by their mom. They were totally different in absolutely every way. Neither know who their father is, so it was some kind of genetic test that showed it.

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I guess I didn't know you could ovulate twice in one cycle. I'm lucky if I ovulate once.

[hydrangea1019]

Whaaaa... Whaaa... Whaaaat?!

Pregnant twice in 48-72 hours. wow.

[Andrea]

I would like to ovulate once, period.

[ghostmonkey]

May 8, 2015 17:53:11 GMT -5 @pugsandwine said:

I guess I didn't know you could ovulate twice in one cycle. I'm lucky if I ovulate once.

How do you think fraternal twins happen?

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May 8, 2015 18:06:38 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

May 8, 2015 17:53:11 GMT -5 @pugsandwine said:

I guess I didn't know you could ovulate twice in one cycle. I'm lucky if I ovulate once.

How do you think fraternal twins happen?

Huh. I've never given that a thought, actually. Naive as that may seem.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Teach me if I am wrong, please!

I thought you could only ovulate once, but that multiple eggs could be released. Is that right?

[bunnyfungo]

May 8, 2015 17:53:11 GMT -5 @pugsandwine said:

I guess I didn't know you could ovulate twice in one cycle. I'm lucky if I ovulate once.

This is the only way twins can "run in a family". The predisposition to drop more than one egg makes fraternal twins. Identical twins can happen to anyone.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

I find this helpful for remembering which is which:

[pismoduo]

May 8, 2015 18:06:38 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

May 8, 2015 17:53:11 GMT -5 @pugsandwine said:

I guess I didn't know you could ovulate twice in one cycle. I'm lucky if I ovulate once.

How do you think fraternal twins happen?

I didn't think ovulation in that case was several days apart. I assumed it was just two eggs simultaneously.

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May 8, 2015 18:10:53 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Teach me if I am wrong, please!

I thought you could only ovulate once, but that multiple eggs could be released. Is that right?

This is the correct answer.

[kayladawn91]

I saw this earlier! So crazy!!

[hoopoe]

*lurking*

Regarding the 'double ovulation,' there was a study that identified two waves of ovulation in some women (not two eggs per ovulation, actually two ovulation events). Here is an article about it, if you are interested. The research is from 2003; I don't know if there is any more current research on this.

I just came across this a couple of weeks ago and thought it was interesting.

edited for clarity.

[housecarder]

May 8, 2015 19:46:09 GMT -5 hoopoe said:

*lurking*

Regarding the 'double ovulation,' there was a study that identified two waves of ovulation in some women (not two eggs per ovulation, actually two ovulation events). Here is an article about it, if you are interested. The research is from 2003; I don't know if there is any more current research on this.

I just came across this a couple of weeks ago and thought it was interesting.

edited for clarity.

I wonder how their charts would look if they were temping. Two spikes? Or would the second/third wave be hidden by the already elevated BBT?

[RajahMD]

The eggs don't have to be released at the exact same time. I don't think we know the exact window.

Also, keep in mind that the semen from guy #1 could have been hanging around when she had sex with guy #2, and then two eggs may have been released at the same time. Given that sperm can survive for up to 5 days, it's not too surprising.

[ghostmonkey]

May 8, 2015 18:36:57 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

May 8, 2015 18:06:38 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

How do you think fraternal twins happen?

I didn't think ovulation in that case was several days apart. I assumed it was just two eggs simultaneously.

Within 48 hours if one goes and the other is close to releasing, then another can go a day or two later. 

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May 8, 2015 19:36:09 GMT -5 @****** said:

@pugsandwine, I don't know how to say this without sounding like a bit of a creeper but every time I see your avatar pic it looks so much like me I have to do a triple take.

I need you to pm me a photo of you immediately.

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May 8, 2015 23:48:57 GMT -5 @****** said:

@pugsandwine, sorry for the delay I had to run to my Mom's to borrow her carpet cleaner and just saw this when I got back. Im on my ipad so i had to use the app. Not sure how if it worked, but I did send. Let me know if they came through.

ETA I think its the cheek bones that seem so similiar, which honestly I have never seen so close to mine outside of my family.

Update: @****** is my doppelgänger and it's uncanny as fuck.

Also: we are both smoking hot.

[jags8]

May 8, 2015 21:52:14 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

The eggs don't have to be released at the exact same time. I don't think we know the exact window.

Also, keep in mind that the semen from guy #1 could have been hanging around when she had sex with guy #2, and then two eggs may have been released at the same time. Given that sperm can survive for up to 5 days, it's not too surprising.

This makes the most sense to me.