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Bi-Paternal Twins

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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Mar 2016 23:51

Small town near us, the definition of Confusion is....... Father's Day.



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JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Mar 2016 14:18

we have Twins near us
one is very blonde and white
the other the total opposite with woolly hair

The Dad is mixed race the Mum white British :-D :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

magpie

magpie Report 9 Mar 2016 13:31

Not wishing to be flippant, but it's a wise child that knows it's own father!!!

Annx

Annx Report 9 Mar 2016 13:22

I'd not heard of it either, but did wonder about the possibility after learning that a litter of kittens could have several fathers. :-)

None of us can be truly sure of our ancestry can we. The evidence of the paper records we pursue so diligently can be flawed too.

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 9 Mar 2016 11:41

I have heard of bi paternal twins before.

There doesn't seem to be any historical evidence of twins in my family

(26 yrs ago, I had a twin pregnancy but I miscarried one of them)

Both my sisters now have twin grandchildren. A set each from their eldest daughters (a 3rd set from a son.. which is not relevant)

It now means that my 3 girls are all at a high risk of producing twins or multiples.
My eldest is getting married next Saturday and... would love to start a family.!

Yikes :-S :-S :-S :-S

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 9 Mar 2016 08:42

There are a lot of twins in my family and one set of triplets but this is not about my family.

Sixty years ago my Mum told me that twins I knew, born to one of my mother's friends who had had an affair, had different fathers. One of the twins was the image of the siblings but the other was much bigger and had different hair, eye and skin colouring - in fact, the image of the other man (whom I also knew).

I must add, I rather liked the whole family but not the other man whom I found to be creepy.

Dermot

Dermot Report 9 Mar 2016 07:28

We are all accidents of birth. It can sometimes take three parents to produce a healthy baby.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Mar 2016 07:18

:-D :-D :-D ;-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Mar 2016 05:38

Lots of twins in my family (on both sides).

Wondering now............ nah!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Mar 2016 01:23

I saw a mention in a text book years and years ago that it was a possibility ...... very unusual but possible.

It means a woman had two "lovers", AND also produced two eggs ......... and obviously there was a "race" for which sperm reached an egg. It could be she had a delayed release of the second egg.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Mar 2016 23:57

I've never heard of it either :-S

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 8 Mar 2016 23:56

I've never heard of this possibility until now.......

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/03/09/10/05/father-orders-dna-test-finds-out-hes-the-father-of-only-one-twin

:-0