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[Opinions] Re: Twin combos
You do know that twins don't genetically filter down through the paternal side, but the maternal side, right?Henry & Eliza (from My Fair Lady)

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Teeny tiny thingy: He can pass on the gene to a daughter though, so the likelihood of twins is increased in a daughter of a father where twins run in the family. But yeah, it doesn't matter if you're the partner of a man where twins run in the family.
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Hence sometimes twins "skip a generation."
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OK, that makes more sense...I knew guys could carry the gene! They just pass it on to their daughters. Got it.
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Yup, the cousin of a friend of mine had fraternal twins and two of her aunts (one of them being my friend's mother) are fraternal twins. The cousin's father is brother to my friend's mother.
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Well then I guess it was unnecessary for his grandmother to scare me about possibly having them! Sheesh.
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