What are the chances of me having twins?

Question

im 21 years old and im trying to conceive. my husband is a twin, what are my chances of having twins?

Answer 1

It has alot to do with him and you. It depends on how his twins run and even if you have twins in your family. I would talk with his mom and your mom to see what they say about it.

Answer 2

not too likely, your eggs would be the ones that split so it has not too much to do with him.

Answer 3

it's usually the mothers side that they look for twins on my husband is a twin also but i have a higher persentage of twins because their is twins and triplets on my families side!1

Good luck  

Answer 4

I read somewhere (correct me if I'm wrong) that twins lie solely on the mother. the father has no bearing for twins but I can't remember where I read that.  

Answer 5

you really need to look at his history a little more...if he has a grandparent that's a twin or others in his family the likely hood is more.  

Answer 6

well ive always heard twins possibly run every 2nd generation so your childs child has a greater possiblity of being a twin but i dont know anything can happen to increase your chance i would suggest a firtility drug like clomid

Answer 7

Not any more likely than the general population.

First off, the zygote splitting (not the egg... just a technicality thing that is my pet peeve) is a fluke, not genetic.

The only twins that can run in families are fraternal twins, when mom produces more than 1 egg.  That can run in families.  It runs in my family, my grandmother is a twin.

That being said, if your husband is a fraternal twin and you have a daughter, then your daughter will have a higher chance of having twins than the general population, but again, you do not.

Good luck TTC!

EDIT:  They don't skip generations either.  That's an old wives tale.  Twins skipped 2 generations in my family but my daughters who are fraternal twins are about twice as likely as the general population to also have fraternal twins.

And yes, while the mother is the one who determines how many eggs she ovulates that month, a father can pass twinning genes onto his daughter via his mother.  In other words, if the paternal grandmother was a "hyperovulator" then dad can pass on hyperovulation genes onto his daughter if his daughter got that genetic code from his mother.  I hope that made sense.

It's all luck.