Just curious.....

**FertileMertile** · 25-01-2008 00:02

to know out of all the natural multiple pregnancies, how many of you have twins or multiples 'running in your family'???

Everyone always says that twins skip a generation but I truly believe thats not the case.

Twins run in my family on my mothers side. 2 of my nans sisters had twins and then 2 of my mums sisters had twins. I always wondered what the chances are of me having twins

**chrysalis** · 25-01-2008 09:02

I read somewhere on the stats re having twins if they run in your family - but I forget! It was significantly higher than just random. Twins run on my mum's side, she had twins, her grandmother had twins and her cousins also. I would say your chances are pretty high, and will increase between the ages of 35-39

**KapowSchazam** · 25-01-2008 09:12

I don't have, nor are multiples in my family, but I've read that it goes by the mother's genes. As in if your Mum, her Mum, etc had them, you're very likely to conceive multiples too. Not so much if it comes from your Dad's side though.

**Mell** · 25-01-2008 09:30

My bestie is having fraternal twins and there isn't any twins in either side families, she just happen to released 2 eggs the month they conceived.

**busymummyof4** · 25-01-2008 11:12

Originally Posted by Mell

My bestie is having fraternal twins and there isn't any twins in either side families, she just happen to released 2 eggs the month they conceived.

Thats pretty much my story. All the best to your friend. Twins are double the trouble a little of the time, but double the fun so much of the time.

**twinmummee** · 26-01-2008 08:00

My mum's a twin and there are twins every second generation on her side of the family. She always said that my sister or I would end up with twins and so far she's right....

**chrysalis** · 26-01-2008 11:49

some articles with more info you may be interested in - I found while looking for twin stuff: if twins run in my family, am I more likely to have twins? http://multiples.about.com/od/pregnancy/a/familytwin.htm what are the odds of having twins? http://multiples.about.com/cs/funfacts/a/oddsoftwins.htm how to increase your chances of having twins http://multiples.about.com/od/funfac...ohavetwins.htm

**FertileMertile** · 26-01-2008 21:20

Cool thanks for the replies

I hope to have twins someday. I know its alot harder work but I think twins are amazing

**chrysalis** · 30-01-2008 13:40

ok, i found in a book on twins last night that - if your mother was a twin, if you are a twin, or if you have twin siblings - then your chances of conceiving twins is 5X higher. That is, you have a 1 in 20 chance or greater to have twins. Good luck!

**blissfullybonkers** · 17-02-2008 01:23

my aunty (at 41) and cousin (at 16) had non identical twins not sure about history before this and my Partners cousin had identical twins, id love to be blessed with twins one day.