Little bit of trivia!!?

Question

My father inlaw just asked me this question, would anybody know the answer....

If two sets of identical twins from different families had children born at a similar time..... would the kids from both the families look the same!!!!!!

Does anybody have any ideas??

Answer 1

I don't think this is actually trivia.  More like a trick question or something.  But I'll still try to answer.  First of all one set of twins would have to be male and the other set would have to be female because I don't think that they can be identical unless they are the same s*x (I could be wrong, but I don't think so).  Again, I'm thinking this is probably a trick question.  So I think it's possible that the children could look similar, but not the same and I don't think it has anything to do with timing.  More likely dominant genes would play out differently, but like I said, they could look similar.  Oh it's so confusing!

Answer 2

That's interesting, but I'd guess that they wouldn't. Are you saying that twins 1 and 2 are both girls and twins 3 and 4 are both boys. Mmmm, that's interesting.

Answer 3

Two identical male twins (brothers) have children with two identical female twins (sisters), then there would be striking similarities amongst the children, The would look more like brothers and sisters rather than the usual family resemblance of cousins. I married an identical twin and there is a strong similarity between the children although they are cousins.

Answer 4

They may have some similarities. But they wont look alike think so

Answer 5

of course not - they have different DNA

Answer 6

NO

Answer 7

Umm no...because its 2 separate families so they wouldn't have the same genes.  Being born at the same time as someone doesn't make them look the same.

If that's what you were asking?  Idk...I couldn't really understand.

Answer 8

No they wouldn't look the same, the probability of having the same DNA combination (even if the parents have the same DNA is slim to none. They would be as similar as dizygotic (I hope I used the word right) (nonidentical) twins, they might not even be the same s*x.

I think the biology section would probably give you a more accurate answer.

Answer 9

their look will not be the same...

Answer 10

can you be more detailed? Are these twins parenting twins? Are they in the same family? but in all I would have to say no!

Answer 11

They would most likely look similar, like a brother or sister as they would have the same DNA type however the fact they are born at the same time is irrelevant because it is not the same sperm or egg, so they would not be identical or anything.

Answer 12

No, they wouldn't.