10 Amazing Facts About Twins

Fascinating fun facts about twins that will blow your mind!
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In the past, moments of running across a set of twins was few and far between. Today they are more common than ever before. The twin birth rate in the U.S. is close to one in thirty-one births, almost a 40% increase since the 1980’s. There are a couple of reasons that we have seen this steady increase of multiples over the years.

First, we are seeing mothers having their children later in life. Busy lives due to career or choosing to settle down later in life have led women to put the stork on hold. As people get older, there are hormonal changes that happen within your body. For women, these hormonal changes mean that there body is more likely to release more than one egg at a time during ovulation. Meaning that there’s a chance that both of those eggs could be fertilized.

Another reason is that we have seen an increase of sophistication in the medical field for parents who are not able to have children on their own. Assisted reproductive technology or ART has helped women conceive, but sometimes they get more than they bargained for. In vitro fertilization, which accounts for 99% of assisted reproductive technology, is when the egg is fertilized outside of the body and then placed back in the uterus. Depending on the number of embryos that are placed back into the womb, the likelihood of women having multiple children is anywhere from 20-40%.

Of course, there are genetic factors that contribute in the production of multiple children. There are cases where younger women carry a gene that cause her to hyper-ovulate. More than one egg is released during “that time of the month,” and so multiple eggs can be fertilized. This gene can even be passed on to their young. Circumstances like race, family history of twins, the number of pregnancies a woman has had and even body type additionally play roles in the possibility of giving birth to twins.

If you thought those facts were amazing, then be sure to stick around for this video. Today we are listing ten amazing facts about twins.

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Types of Twins
Different Dads and Different Races
Fraternal Twins Can Have Different Skin Colors
Dairy Can Increase Chances of Having Twins
Twins Can Have Their Own Language
Twins can be born years apart
Lefties
Identical Twins Don’t Have Identical Fingerprints
Mirror Image Identical Twins Have Asymmetric Features
Separate But Equal

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[monicass]

I'm a twin and my parents have videos of me and my brother talking with each other making our own language

[KoramNRdz]

I have always had a strange obsession with the topic of twins that I could never explain.

[stinkyslinky]

I'm a twin, and it's so weird to see people say they wish they had a twin. I feel so greedy lol

[leafstones]

Me and my twin sister can have the same dreams at the same time with the same things going on.

[vinyg]

I have a twin and we had our own language :) my first word was Tololo and it meant something about my brother

[MackenzieMichael]

Here is one for you. If one set of identical twins has children with another set of identical twins, the cousins will be as genetically close as siblings and may even look alike.

[greatbigorangecloud]

I watch so many videos about twins I wonder if I am secretly a twin without knowing it

[shaan]

Me and my sister are identical twins 💥

[Hudzinoor]

I was a twin, we were identical twins, when I was 5, Me and my sister went to play in my grandmas backyard, after 20 mins of playing, my sister fainted, then she woke up again and in that day she fainted around 6-7 times, we then took her to the hospital, they made a CAT scan on her, she had a tumor in the right part of her brain, she was only 5 so it was deadly, and it was too late to save her, she died 4 days after the hospital visit, I still miss her to this day :^( It was 23-6-95 when she died :^(

[HRTSLOVE]

I grew up in a really small town, but for some reason we had tons of identical twins. Almost every grade had a set, even a set of triplets, though they were identical girls and a boy. Some of our teachers were also twins, and it never dawned on me that it was odd until I moved away and realized what a huge percentage of the population were twins in comparison to most towns that size, about 1500 people. I still wonder why there were so many and if the trend has continued, I don't get back much anymore. I find the fascinating part to be when identical twins have children, you are as biologically close to your nieces and nephews as you are to your own kids, first cousins are like half siblings, etc., and I wonder if that is felt emotionally as well.

[MariahMissMe]

so if I wanted twins in the future I would drink milk to increase the chances.?

[zuixuir]

who else is young and will never stop drinking milk and dairy cus they want twins?
guilty right here

[aeygooverload]

I have a twin brother who looks almost nothing like me. Like I'm way lighter than him and he's super tall while I'm pretty short. It's funny when people find out that we are twins and get all suprised, we're such polar opposites.

[mikosgalaxy]

I love how you named described the facts amazing. Not strange or weird, etc. Love your channel ^0^

[mooshie]

I love all your videos! Keep doing what your doing! Thanks for making my day

[ameliabeatty]

I am a twin!!!! We are identical and we were born 2 minutes apart

[howliebear]

I'm a twin, I'm a boy girl twin, and sometimes when me and my brother are separated I'll start crying out of nowhere, and it turns out he was crying to.

[skrrtovky]

Not thinking about Hitachiin Hikaru and Karou right now... Defiantly not...

[zfenty]

some of those pictures with the different dads actually have the same father

[mollzzzxxx]

Me and my sister are fraternal. It’s annoying because everyone thinks twins HAVE to looks alike. Me and my sister looks nothing alike