Comments on: Twins of different race?

Question: Twins of different race?

brevator — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:20:42 -0800

I am looking for a picture and scholarly reference to twins with different fathers where one father is white and one father is black.

The phenomenon of twins with different parents is called heteropaternal superfecundation, and is well cited, but this picture, while often referenced, is elusive...

By: naomi

naomi — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:33:19 -0800

One photo. And another.

By: brevator

brevator — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:42:07 -0800

muchos gracias

By: duck

duck — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:25:46 -0800

Wow, did you see the article in the first link about the chinese baby with two brains?

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:33:19 -0800

Article? There were words below that pictures of the two amazingly hot chicks? ;-)

Actually, this stuff is really interesting - it stretches my definition of twins somewhat, but that's what's amazing about it!

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:46:14 -0800

I actually saw the story about the Dutch twins on Dateline. They named the darker-skinned kid Koen, short for Conrad as the article points out. But... it's pronounced "coon." I mean, they're Dutch, it's perfectly innocuous in their country, but still, it was a bit of a shock to American ears to hear doting parents referring to their half-black son using what seemed to be a racial epithet.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:01:20 -0800

I didn't know such a situation could exist. Thanks for asking and thanks for the photos! Awsome!

But really, is this the result of two sperm meeting with one egg? Fascinating!

By: rob511

rob511 — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:02:56 -0800

...is this is result of two sperm meeting with one egg? — snsranch, above

Well, almost. According to the Wikipedia entry:

Superfecundation is the fertilisation of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse. The term is also sometimes used to refer to the instances of two different males fathering fraternal twins, though this is more accurately known as heteropaternal superfecundation. This therefore leads to the possibility of twins also being half-siblings. (emphasis added)

Wild.

By: acoutu

acoutu — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:05:44 -0800

My Dutch friend's son is named Coen (Koen). But it sounds more like "Ku-en" than "Coon".

By: kindall

kindall — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:58:15 -0800

To English-speaking ears, "Ku-en" sounds like "Coon" with a weird accent.