There are three types of identical twins: Monochorionic twins are more typical when it comes to identical twins, while ...

In contrast, fraternal twins are the result of two eggs being fertilised by two different sperm. On average they share 50 per cent of their genes – the same as any siblings who share both their ...

Because the boys are fraternal twins with separate amniotic sacs, Ezra was expected to survive. Amniotic fluid helps cushion the baby and is something the baby actually continually replenishes in a ...

Twin fetuses endanger each other's life within the womb. July 29, 2008— -- After two and a half years of marriage, Kim and Nate Stroh of Humble, Tex., got the good news on New Year's Day that ...

The Red Deer couple just had their third set of fraternal twins. Maverick and Blakely were born on April 20 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, wailing and healthy, only a smidgen early at 37 weeks.