20 Things You Didn’t Know About Twins

20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT Twins 1 Twins can have different biological fathers This happens when the mother releases two eggs that are fertilised by different sexual partners. There is a one in billion chance of this happening. Taller women are more likely to have twins because they have more IGF. More IGF means they're more likely to have multiple babies. 3 Twins can be 4 Women who different races. have twins might live longer This is a result of a rare genetic combination of mixed race parents. It is thought that, for evolutionary reasons, the healthiest mothers have two babies. 25% of twins are reflections of one another or 'mirror image twins' 6 If male twins marry female twins their children will be genetic siblings. 7 Twins can live weirdly similar lives even if they're separated at birth. 8. Some conjoined 9. Twins interact in the womb twins share thoughts They can also see through each other's eyes. Research has shown that they interact from 14 weeks and touch each other more than they touch their own bbodies. 10 Women who eat more dairy are more likely to have twins. 11 Twins have different finger prints 12 Twins start with the same fingerprints but this changes during weeks 6- 13. They touch the amniotic sac forming unique lines and imprints. You're more likely to give birth to fraternal twins if you are one, have already had fraternal twins or if you have a sibling that is a fraternal twin. 13 Twins are 14 A mother's body adjusts itself for more commоn in your 30s and 40s twins This is because the ovulatory cycle is less regular. For example, each breast can control its own temperature to account for each baby. 15 The easiest way to tell twins apart is by their belly buttons 16 Twins can be born weeks or even months apart if one is premature. 17 Almost half of twins invent their own language. 18 Моrning sickness is 19 Twins make worse good criminals. This is sometimes the case with twin pregnancies. In one case the police couldn't tell which identical twin DNA evidence belonged to. Thus they both walked free. 20 Left-handedness is more common among twins. The Bunk Cot www.thebunkcot.com Sources: http://news.distractify.com/people/amazing/x-mind- blowing-facts-you-never-knew-about-twins/ http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/11-things-you- didnt-know-about-twin-pregnancies