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If my husbands grandmother had identical twin daughters and his mother had only sons what are the chances of the boys having identical twins too?
Neither the husband, nor his family history of twins, will have any effect on his sons fathering twins. Whether or not a pregnancy is twins, triplets, etc., depends entirely on the woman. What determines twins (or triplets) is if one egg is fertilized, then splits in two, then this is identical twins; if the egg splits in three, then it's identical triplets. If two eggs are fertilized, then they will be fraternal twins, and not identical, and may not even resemble each other at all; they can even be a different sex from each other. If three eggs are fertilized, then they will be fraternal triplets, and not identical, and can be all female, all male or two of one sex and one of another. The bottom line is, the father neverhas anything to do with whether or not it's a single birth, twins, triplets, etc. It is the mother, and the mother only. Now if multiple birth pregnancies run in her family, then the chances of twins will be higher than families with no history of multiple births.
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How likely is it to have identical triplets?
No. That's stupid. But it is theoretically possible to have identical quadruplets, as in two sets of identical twins. (Another User) But I have heard of identical triplets - It was in the newspaper. They are all 5 years old (Third user) Actually, it IS possible, though exceedingly rare - said to occur in around 1 in 200,000,000 (200 million) births. It happens when one egg splits into identical twins, and then one of those eggs splits again, resulting in three total. As long as all goes well and all three survive the pregnancy and birth, they will live to be identical triplets. There is a story about identical triplets born to a British woman in Austria in 2007. I'd put a link here but don't know if they're allowed. Just search on "identical triplets in Austria" and it will come up. Don't use the quotes.
How can you improve the chances of having twins?
There are two primary types of twins, Identical and Fraternal. Identical twins occur when the egg splits after fertilization. To date no indication of a genetic link has been found. Anyone has a chance, though small, of having identical twins. Fraternal twins occur when more than one egg is dropped during ovulation. This trait can be inherited from the mother's side of the family. Studies have shown that the chances are also increased by being overweight or older.
