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When Brother and Sister are Really Cousins
- 1. Over 150 identical twins, in the U.S. are married to identical twins. Genetically, their children are brother and sister, but legally their children are cousins.
- 2. Multiple births are the most common in African-American cultures, they are least common in Asian cultures.
- 3. The nation with the highest number of multiple births is Nigeria.
- 4. Twins births have risen 62% since 1980. It is thought this is mostly due to interventional reproductive assistance such as IVF and older age women having children.
- 5. 22% of twins are left-handed. In the non-twin population, it is just under 10%.
Must See Video: Body Invaders
I see my fair share of amazing videos around here, but this is just one of those clips that is so bizarre that you have to share with (read: force upon) everyone you know. Plus, it's not every day you get an inside view of the innards of a little caterpillar who doesn't know what he has coming...
For more inside access (in its most literal sense), visit NGC's In The Womb site >>
Think You Can Tell Twins Apart?
Three percent of all births in the US are multiples and ninety-five percent of those are twins. I have always wondered, "what makes identical twins different when so much on the surface is the same?"
I have grown up with twins, worked with a twins, and have been friends with twins. In all cases I have found that there are way more similarities than differences, but the differeneces that are present are HUGE. One was significantly more intelligent than the other, or one more athletic than the other or more driven the other. You get the idea. There are differences.
I always felt kind of bad for the lesser of the two twins. How could you not? That person will always be compared to their counterpart no matter what they do in life. You can escape a sibling, you can escape a friend, but there is no way you can escape someone that split from the same embryo.
What do you think?
Nat Geo is going back in to the womb to figure out what exactly occurs when an embryo splits. In The Womb: Twins premieres Sunday December 21 at 9p e/p.
Think you can tell them apart? Click here.
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