Would they be twins?

[Twalli]

If a man gets two different women pregnant and they give birth at the sane time, are the kids technically twins?

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9 mo

I asked this because I remember a story of a woman who was pregnant with two kids, where it was almost certain that they did not have the same father. The news always said she was pregnant with twins, so I decided to flip the gender of the parent, in this case one guy, two women.

[rosemilk]

n- no... that's not how that works. at most, they share the same birthday. they are half siblings. they are not twins. they didn't even share the same womb... and about the fraternal twins thing, this still does not apply. still not twins.

[Amy10223]

No. Twins are born from the same fertilized egg, not from different fertilized eggs.

[Twalli]

Fraternal twins exist. Mary-Kate and Ashely Olsen are fraternal, most twins are.

[Amy10223]

In that case, the twins are fraternal if they are born to the same mother, but in your question, they are two different mothers--so the children born form two different women can't be twins. That's how I understood the question.

[exitseven]

No, unless the two women are identical twins.

[itsannalee]

They are half siblings 🧠

[Jennz6]

No, twins have the same mother

[Twalli]

And father? Back in 2009 there was a lot of publicity in my area about a woman who was pregnant with two kids. There was a 98% (or 96%) probability that they didn't have the same father, are they twins?

[msc545]

No, they are not twins

[dustybiker2]

@msc545 lmao

[msc545]

@dustybiker2 Cannot believe he even asked this question...

[dustybiker2]

I'm hoping it's a joke based on the basic definition of twins.

[dean55au]

No... Not even close