Entries Tagged as 'Identical & Fraternal'

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Hey Everyone- LOOK- Its the Octuplet Mom!!

I don’t feel like the Octuplet mom should be getting any press. The fact that she wanted Oprah to offer her 2 million for her first interview and ended up settling for who knows how much less to be ET makes me smile. Yet, what makes me sad is that the other 8 children she [...]

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Twins are a status symbol

More moms today want to have twins and will pay at the least $25,000 to get them injected into their bellies. I am sure you are wondering why on earth you would want an extra mouth to feed in this economy but some see it as a great opportunity for attention.

Attention. Says Risa, a 35-year-old [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Just because they are twins does not mean they should be named the same.

Here are some names that I would recommend avoiding if you decide to give your same sex twins correlating names….
Michael and Michelle
Christopher and Christina
Angelo and Angela
Patrick and Patricia
James and Jamie
Alexander and Alexandria
Samuel and Pamela
Stephen and Stephanie 
Brian and Brianna 
Eric and Ericka
Riley and Kylie

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Twins Help to Prevent Childhood Leukemia.

5 Jan 2009
Leukemia Research made headlines in January last year when a study on identical twins confirmed for the first time the existence of stem cells in childhood leukemia. Now, nearly a year on, new data has emerged shedding more light on how leukemia, the most common form of cancer in children, develops from birth.
The [...]

Friday, December 19th, 2008

The Newest Prank for Twins

Oh dear – this is funniest prank. If I had a twin I would surely set this one up.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Twins are the spotlight on National Geographic

On December 21st National Geographic will premier In The Womb: Identical Twins which will follow twins from the embryo with all the latest technology to their behavior and interests while grown. The touch on many points that we are all curious about including nature v. nurture, personality traits and separation.  To read more click here.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Baby Boomers watch out… the Twin’s era is on its way in.

Im happy to know I am not the only one who is totally flabergasted by the amount of twins that are being had these days. Just when you thought the population might go down a bit with the loss of the baby boomers, twins are making it up fast. Here is an article I found [...]

Monday, October 6th, 2008

First Test Tube (IVF) Twins

The world’s first test tube twins are Stephen and Amanda Mays born June 5 1981.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Company Employing The Most Twins

Cirque Du Soleil, a French Canadian circus with shows running in Las Vegas and Disneyworld, has 4 sets of twins working for them. Sarah and Karine Steben work in Las Vegas at O at the Bellagio hotel doing trapeze work. Elsie and Serenity Smith are touring Asia and the Pacific with the show Saltimbanco doing [...]

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Identical Twins turn 100 years

Meet Curtis and Curran Carter. They turned 100 years old in August and have some word joint words of wisdom to share with us.
“It’s also your attitude toward life. You have to look forward to things to keep you here.”
The brothers never have lived far from each other, married their wives in a double ceremony [...]