FAMILIES SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Fun Facts about Multiples!
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Worldwide there are at least 125 million
living multiples and about 1 in 250 pregnancies
result in identical twins
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The incidence of twin types and genders are oddly symmetrical. One third of all twins born are identical. One third are same sex fraternal and one third are male/female fraternal. Of the identical twins, half are male/male and half are female/female. Of the same sex fraternal half are male/male and half are female/female
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Did you know that up to 22% of twins are
left-handed. In the non-twin population the
number is just under 10 percent
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Identical twins and multiples exhibit almost identical brain wave patterns
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Twins and multiples have been know to develop their own 'language' that only they understand. This is known as cryptophasia or idioglossia
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The average time between the delivery of the first and second twin is 17 minutes
