It's only genetic on the moms side! Because guys just give the sperm that fertilizes the eggs- the woman needs to drop the multiple eggs, the gene that can cause hyperovulation can be passed down from the mom. So my girls and their girls, etc have a high chance of twins but not Elias.
Interesting. So unless my mom has twins on her side, I can't have them?
Well you could, but apparently you aren't at a higher risk. So you'd have the typical odds of like 1 in 100
Well you could, but apparently you aren't at a higher risk. So you'd have the typical odds of like 1 in 100
This makes me feel better.
There's a few other things that increase your chances. If you're tall (I am) have an elevated bmi (mine was 27 I think when I conceived twins, considered overweight) if it's on your mother's side (my grandmother had twins) and the more pregnancies you've had (only 1 previously) and if you're over 35 (I was 25) so I had quite a few of those! I also read somewhere that eating yams/sweet potatoes could influence ovulation, no idea, but I do know that I ate sweet potato tacos for like 2 days before I conceived. I thought it was so weird when I read that. I remember because I took pictures of them and posted them on IG lol!
My dad has two sets of twin siblings. My chances are high! Haha
I think identical twins (one egg split in two) are totally random and not hereditary and fraternal twins (multiple eggs) are hereditary on your moms side bc you can inherit a gene that makes you ovulate multiple eggs on a more often basis.
Post by Regina Philange on Jun 30, 2015 8:04:40 GMT -5
Wow that's so interesting!
We were almost positive that Zoey was going to be twins. My father is a twin, and there are several cousin twins on my dads side of the family. Well they are my second cousins. My cousins had twins I mean.
The generation thing comes into play is that a woman with a hyperovulation gene can pass it onto her son as a carrier, and he could pass it onto his daughter. So the son wouldn't have twins, but his daughter could.
My H has sets of twins on his mom and dad's side. MIL wanted so badly to take credit for us having twins. But I took great pleasure in using science and talking about my ovaries to make her uncomfortable enough to drop it
ETA: There are no twins on my mom or dad's side anywhere. I had no reason to suspect twins at all.
My dad has two sets of twin siblings. My chances are high! Haha
I think identical twins (one egg split in two) are totally random and not hereditary and fraternal twins (multiple eggs) are hereditary on your moms side bc you can inherit a gene that makes you ovulate multiple eggs on a more often basis.
Not entirely true. If carawestt s dad has 2 sets of fraternal twins as siblings, then the gene could for sure have gone to Cara to be expressed, but her brother wouldn't have an increased risk, but if he has a daughter then she could. It's not only passed down on the mother's side, but it is only expressed in females in a genetic line. Hence the "skipping a generation". Caras grandma can hyperovulate and has twins -> Caras dad can be a carrier for a daughter but doesn't have any increased risk of twins -> Caras dad passes the gene to a daughter who then has twins. Sorry C, I wouldn't be super worried, but there is a chance from your dads side.
There's a blogger I follow on IG that has two older boys and then twin 2.5 year old boys. I showed my H their family and asked him "what if this happened to us?" He just nervously laughed lol.
I think identical twins (one egg split in two) are totally random and not hereditary and fraternal twins (multiple eggs) are hereditary on your moms side bc you can inherit a gene that makes you ovulate multiple eggs on a more often basis.
Not entirely true. If carawestt s dad has 2 sets of fraternal twins as siblings, then the gene could for sure have gone to Cara to be expressed, but her brother wouldn't have an increased risk, but if he has a daughter then she could. It's not only passed down on the mother's side, but it is only expressed in females in a genetic line. Hence the "skipping a generation". Caras grandma can hyperovulate and has twins -> Caras dad can be a carrier for a daughter but doesn't have any increased risk of twins -> Caras dad passes the gene to a daughter who then has twins. Sorry C, I wouldn't be super worried, but there is a chance from your dads side.
I had heard this too but my OB just said, Nope! Only passed down on the moms side. :/ I had asked because my H's sister has twins also.
Not entirely true. If carawestt s dad has 2 sets of fraternal twins as siblings, then the gene could for sure have gone to Cara to be expressed, but her brother wouldn't have an increased risk, but if he has a daughter then she could. It's not only passed down on the mother's side, but it is only expressed in females in a genetic line. Hence the "skipping a generation". Caras grandma can hyperovulate and has twins -> Caras dad can be a carrier for a daughter but doesn't have any increased risk of twins -> Caras dad passes the gene to a daughter who then has twins. Sorry C, I wouldn't be super worried, but there is a chance from your dads side.
I had heard this too but my OB just said, Nope! Only passed down on the moms side. :/ I had asked because my H's sister has twins also.
your OB is then referring to the moms in question genetics. In any given mom-dad = baby(ies) scenario the dad has no influence on twins vs no twins, so yes your husband doesn't matter. But you can pass the gene to Elias, who will have no increased risk of twins himself, but if he has a daughter then that daughter could have an increased risk.
I had heard this too but my OB just said, Nope! Only passed down on the moms side. :/ I had asked because my H's sister has twins also.
your OB is then referring to the moms in question genetics. In any given mom-dad = baby(ies) scenario the dad has no influence on twins vs no twins, so yes your husband doesn't matter. But you can pass the gene to Elias, who will have no increased risk of twins himself, but if he has a daughter then that daughter could have an increased risk.
I think she was just not aware because I was asking if Bob could pass down the gene as well since it's on his mother's side. Not if he helped our twins happen, because obviously all he did was provide the sperm! (Which is why I think it's so crazy that his sister and I have fraternal twins 11 months apart! His mom has two sets of twin grandchildren!) But when I asked if he could pass down the gene making our kids risk even higher, she was like, "No only you can pass it!" Or something along those lines. But honestly I'm not sure even all OBs are aware of all twin statistics.
I wonder if I'll have twin grand kids! I'll have my hands full even as a grandma