TylerRoseFan 16 Posted January 10, 2007 Can a male/female combo be considered identical twins? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackie sherrill 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Can a male/female combo be considered identical twins? no, Fraternal only. I have boy girl twins and people ask "are they identical" all the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rallo 136 Posted January 10, 2007 Can a male/female combo be considered identical twins? nope... because to be identical the egg must be fertilzed first before it divides into two seperate eggs (before mitosis etc.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmbassadorOfKwan 0 Posted January 10, 2007 no, Fraternal only. I have boy girl twins and people ask "are they identical" all the time I have 8 year old identical twin girls. Funny how they do look pretty much the same and people still ask if they are identical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoffdaddy 1 Posted January 10, 2007 These guys got you figured out. My twin boys are fraternal. Funny thing is, one is about two inches taller right now, so I often here "Are they twins?" The height difference throws people off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cinciman7 2 Posted January 10, 2007 What if they're joined at...............nevermind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms. Shared-Syringes 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Pull down their pants and take a peek. Then tell me if they're identical or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trip McNeely 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Pull down their pants and take a peek. Then tell me if they're identical or not. :reported: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted January 10, 2007 These guys got you figured out. My twin boys are fraternal. Funny thing is, one is about two inches taller right now, so I often here "Are they twins?" The height difference throws people off. I have two boys, 5 & 3, and people ask if they are twins all of the time. I because not only are they two years apart, but one of them is adopted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cinciman7 2 Posted January 10, 2007 I have two boys, 5 & 3, and people ask if they are twins all of the time. I because not only are they two years apart, but one of them is asian Fixored Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,480 Posted January 10, 2007 From Wikipedia: Among monozygotic twins, in extremely rare cases, twins have been born with opposite sexes (one male, one female). The probability of this is so vanishingly small (only 3 documented cases [5]) that multiples having different genders is universally accepted as a sound basis for a clinical determination that in utero multiples are not monozygotic. When monozygotic twins are born with different genders it is because of chromosomal birth defects. In this case, although the twins did come from the same egg, it is incorrect to refer to them as genetically identical, since they have different karyotypes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30 Fat, Bald & Texan 5 Posted January 10, 2007 I have an identical twin brother and I have actually met identical twins opposite sexes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbfalcon 825 Posted January 10, 2007 I have 8 year old identical twin girls. Funny how they do look pretty much the same and people still ask if they are identical. So 2017 then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted January 10, 2007 Fixored How do you know that he is not black? RACIST!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
