Could I have twins?

Question

My Grandmother, on my dads side has a twin brother and I think one of her parents was a twin (I'll have to look into it). My Grandma had twins (my Aunt and Auncle) but they did not have any twins neither did my Dad or my other Aunt. Is it possible it skipped a generation?

My Auncle's daughter has had 4 children and none of them were twins. The two of us are the only girls in our generation and I have not had any children yet. My Aunt's children have also had no twins. Can twins skip 2 generations? I don't want twins. How likely is it that I will have them?

Answer 1

The older  you are, the more eggs your ovaries tend to let out at once, most twins are the 5/6th child in a family.  

Your ovaries, seem to start working overtime, a few years before menapose. (sp)

You do not sound very old, so you don't have a lot to worry about.

Ask your  mother or whomever would know, how OLD were were your ancestors when they had their twins.   All of my friends that have twins, are close to or over 40.  (I am not counting the medical-made twins-quads etc...)

Answer 2

Well, you could. It's always possible, but it isn't very likely. However, if you have any female children, then they would be fairly likely to have twins.

Answer 3

It is very possible for twins to skip a generation. I just have to say I would love to have twins!

Answer 4

i guess it's kinda 50% chance. but don't worry, if you do have twins, it's not that bad. it's a lot better than you think, though.

Answer 5

I have twin boys actully and no one in my family has twins so it sort of depends on who the father is of the children to see no one in my family has twins but in his family there is 7 sets of twins plus my boys is 8 so see it just depends

Answer 6

sounds to me like you are at a higher likelyhood to have them but that doesnt mean you will whatever you do dont go on fertility drugs or your almost a given it will be multiples lol

Answer 7

I am a twin and my mom had siblings that were twins and i don't any farther back.  But it is very possible for you to have twins.  If it runs in the family there is a chance.  But you could also not have twins it is also likely for you not to have twins.  Just don't worry about it.  Whatever you get you will be happy.