Conjoined twin conundrum!?
552102
whoo, thats a doozee of a question. im sure that if a set of conjoined twins could be surgically separated, theyd do it, and send the killer to jail. if not, idk.
563881
Sadly no to be an identical twin you would have to have the exact same hair partings and the same freckles and everything! It just wouldn't make sense otherwise.
630162
i have had 3 babies and with both of my last 2 they were engaged and unegaged all the time. there is more room now and the baby is able to move alittle bit freely. also my 3rd was large but he was late. good luck i hope it all goes well.
330918
CAIRO - An Egyptian baby who underwent a 13-hour operation to remove an extra head will soon be able to breathe on her own, a doctor treating her said on Tuesday.\n\nTen-month-old Manar Maged was suffering from one of the rarest birth defects -- craniopagus parasiticus -- a problem related to that of conjoined twins linked at the skull.\n\nThe head that was removed from Manar in the operation which ended early on Saturday had developed no body, and was capable of smiling and blinking, but not independent life.\nStory continues below ↓ advertisement\n\nNo signs of paralysis\nDoctors have already said that Manar could move all her limbs and showed no signs of paralysis after the operation in a children’s hospital in Benha, near Cairo.\n\n“At the moment only about 15 percent of her breathing is through the ventilator and in about 48 hours we will switch the ventilator off,” Abla el-Alfy, a consultant in paediatric intensive care, told Reuters.\n\nAlfy, part of the team of 13 Egyptian doctors who carried out the operation, said it was too early to say whether Manar could have suffered brain damage.\n\n“In four days or less we will do a ... scan of her brain to see what the situation is,” Alfy said.\n\nCraniopagus parasiticus occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process. One of the conjoined twins fails to develop fully in the womb.\n\nProfessor Lewis Spitz, a leading expert on conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London said the vital question for Manar was whether brain tissue and blood vessels were shared between the two heads.\n\nHe said it was critical that the blood flow away from the surviving twin was not interfered with during separation.\n\nSpitz did not know how many cases of craniopagus parasiticus have occurred or the number of attempted separations. He said the fact Manar survived is a big achievement in itself.\n\n“It must be quite rare. In about 2 percent of conjoined twins the heads are fused,” he said, adding that an incomplete conjoined twin joined at the head is even rarer.\n\nHe said the incidence of live born conjoined twins is about one in 200,000.\nCopyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
555226
I've never heard of it, but it could happen. I mean, monocygote twins (identical twins) are exactly alike, their development is the same like any other baby, except for the company :) So I guess it could happen, I've never read a report case on it. The odds of an hermaphrodite are very very low combined with the chances of monocygote twins, the odds are almost impossible (just guessing).
548357
Yes it's possible.  I knew Dogs could do that.. but found this on the net.. \n\nhttp://flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/twins_in_black_and_white.htm
560031
there exists no "perfect symetry" in the body. one leg is always longer than the other, one ear bigger, even one kidney is smaller than its mate. i'd say you're "normal"!!
969087
This is such a coincidence! I was reading an article about Twins and I saw your question here... One of the story relates to your question, so here it goes...\n\nTwin coincidence? \n\nMe and My twin are both 13 and live in the UK. We have the same friends and have always been in the same class. We are identical an even close family members find it hard to tell us apart. We enjoy the same things and like the same food but still class ourselves as two unique people. Sometimes we completely agree and sometimes we disagree; we have our own views and feelings (for example I'm a lot more sensitive than my twin).\n\nOur story starts last May 2001. I woke up on a Tuesday morning for school, we have separate rooms and I'm always up first. Anyway I went into the bathroom and started up the shower but when I changed I noticed I'd started menstruating (started my periods). I was shocked and went to tell mum. Later that day at school I was sitting in my Spanish class (my sister doesn't take Spanish) and I got a message from the office saying my sister was upset and that she wouldn't say what was wrong. Apparently my sister had just started her periods too! It was on the exact same day which was really strange and on most months we menstruate at the same time :O) \n\n\nSo....... according to this story, it is quite possible, BUT I really don't think that it wouldn't happen to every twin on the planet! Because every girl is different physically and they go through different hormonal change!\n\nI hope this makes sense!
702400
Multiple births come from two sources.  First, sometimes more than one egg is released in a single cycle.  If multiple eggs are fertilized, fraternal twins (or triplets or whatever) result.  That's why you get so many multiple births with fertility drugs--they often force many eggs to be released at once to improve the odds, or implant multiple fertilized eggs in the hope that at least one will live.\n\nIdentical twins and triplets are grown from a single egg and a very energetic sperm, which strikes the egg so hard that it tears apart into two or three fragments, each of which becomes a baby.  These babies all came from the same egg/sperm combo so they have the same genetic information.  That's also why you don't see identical siblings more than triplets.  There's only so many pieces you can tear an egg into with one impact.\n\nIncidentally, conjoined twins also come from a sperm tearing the egg apart.  If it doesn't quite separate, the pieces of the egg will form into two babies who are attached where the egg didn't tear.
986360
yes.\npeople conceived as 1 of a set of twins, \n1 twin at the egg stage absorbs their twin.\nit's rare but yes it does & can happen.\nthey're born with 2 sets of dna.\ncarrying 1 type in their secreted fluids, but a different type in their marrow.
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That's a tough one ... the only definitive way to determine is through a DNA test ... since they are twins, she's pretty much doomed for not knowing.  I hate to say it, but don't feel that sorry for her, since she didn't think about that when she slept with both of them, especially on the same day!!
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The one that flies away will come back to see his/her twin 'AS HE/SHE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE'.  So, depending on your view of this ... you can decide if you want to know or not.  For example, if the 'older' twin is now sick with diabetes or Alzheimer's or some other 'environmentally driven chronic disease', it might be helpful and motivating to you, enabling you to 'change your ways' and reduce your risk for the same outcome in life!\n\n\nNote: this idea is based on the well accepted principle that most chronic diseases are not caused by genetics but are a result of a 'mismatch' between the individual's genetics and environment.  Therefore the returning twin can see that his/her sibling had a 'mismatch' in his/her environment that did not work well for their 'common' genetics.\nBest wishes.
1130813
sorry to hear abt that\ni often think having a sis 1 yr elde is very unlucky but now i think its good\nshe  helps me aklways......we r oft called twins :)
263852
LOL...sorry I was just wondering this the other day. I have no idea but I have noticed that. It looks like they could be brother and sister. I guess they just spent all that time together and kinda take in the others looks, ex: hair, expressions, personalities, weight-gain or loss, facial characteristics. Take my brother for example, him and my step dad look exactly alike...curly hair (looks like a afro sometimes...they are white though that's the funny part!), weight gain (both look like twins when you see them from behind, love handles and all ha ha), it's funny how it happens, kinda scary too!
105520
As a matter of fact, yes. My daughter concieved my granddaughter. 10 days later, another egg was fertilized. She was pregnant with "twins" but they were conceived 10 days apart. Since my granddaughter was ahead in growth, the other one didn't survive. She carried both until she was 11 weeks, we saw heartbeats on both, but the smaller one didn't make it. She lost it, but had my granddaughter, who is a healthy 2 1/2 year old!
381529
If the twins are still attached and the survivor can't be surgically separated, both die...usually if they can't be separated, it is because they share organs.
988256
I worked with a lesbian who has an identical twin. The twin has NO interest in women. The lesbian has NEVER been with a man. She swears that its a choice, not genetics. Makes sense to me.