You are having Twins! This line from the doctor to the expecting parents is the most amazing one as having twins is rare as well as challenging in a good way. Unless you are a twin, or have studied about twins or have given birth to twins, you are most likely to not know some facts about twins. Twins may or may not look alike but parents of twins always try to dress them alike and twins are always found together. There may be times when you have wished for your twin for anything. But there is a lot more to twins than we see. Learn some interesting things about twins you never knew about them.
1. Interestingly, twins can have different biological fathers. This is the case when two eggs are released and two different male donors fertilize each egg.
2. If parents of twins are of different race, there are chances that the twins might not be of same race. There are so many possible outcomes for both children.
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3. Twins live a very similar life even if they are separated by birth. There are so many stories of twins who were separated after birth and co-incidentally lead a very similar life like marrying twice that two with the women who shared same name, choosing same career path, naming their dogs with same name etc.
4. One twin can outgrow the other in the womb. Though in most cases, both the twins survived well but one is always bigger than the other one.
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5. Women who gives birth to twins are more likely to live a healthier and longer life than the others who do not.
6. Taller women with higher growth hormones and the women who consume dairy products are even more likely to give birth to twins.
7. Twins bond well with each other in the womb and 25% of twins wind up facing each other while in the womb.
8. If identical female twins marries identical male twins, their children will legally be cousins but they genetically will be siblings due to same genetic pool.
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9. Conjoined twins can hear each other’s thoughts and can see through each others eyes.
10. Identical twins never have identical fingerprints and their belly button is an easiest way to tell them apart.
11. Most twins are very much likely to be left handed than the single babies and it is also possible that the twins grow up to be perfect criminals.
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12. Twins can be born after weeks or even after months. It is not always the case but it surely had happened in the past.
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