I wonder which one will turn out to be a mama's boy.
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quote:"None of us could believe it," the maternity ward's head doctor, Birgit Weber, told one news source. "Both kids have definitely the same father."
As if there was any doubt? She would have to sleep with two men virtually back to back.
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Doesn't even need to be that. Like there aren't people who sleep with two different people within the same week? Especially if one is their spouse, and the other... isn't.
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That's kind of what I was going at, though wouldn't the sex have to occur with in a relatively short space of time? Once the daddy's sperm fertilizes the egg, doesn't it like seal it self off? In order for the two sets of sperm to get the same egg ( twins come from the same egg that separated during the initial cell division, right,or is that just identical twins?),they would have to enter the body around the same time in order for both sets to make it to the egg. Right? Or have I totally screwed up my favorite unit in Biology?
And, I know what a threesome is. Unfortunately...
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Sean, that's just identical twins. Fraternal twins come from two different eggs. Genetically, they're the same as any other naturally born siblings; the only difference is their sharing of wombspace.
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I figured I got my facts wrong...Well, still, once the body realizes that the egg is fertilized, doesn't it take measures to prevent another fertilization ( unless it happens at the same time, a la fraternal twins), like stopping ovulation, and like putting mucus blocks in the fallopian tubes, or something like that. As I am not a female, I have relatively little knowlege on how the whole shabang works.
Not that this whole train of thought really matters, as the twins have the same mother and father.
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This DOES happen at times.
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The Return of the Liam! There should be a prophecy or something....
quote:"Liam will come to the forum, carrying a chalice overflowing with sweet, spring wine."
Something like that there.
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