The parents of 11 month old twin boys disclosed this past week an incredible story – that their twins are actually step half brothers. Ms. Mia Washington of Dallas, Texas admitted that an act of indiscretion had resulted in the conception of her boys by two different fathers. This phenomenon, known as heteropaternal superfecundation, is extremely rare that only a few cases have been reported in medical literature. This is mostly because multiple eggs must first be released during one ovulatory period, and then fertilized by different fathers. DNA testing concluded that there was a 99.999% chance that the twins have different fathers. Read more.
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Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
If the children have the same mother, they are NOT stepbrothers, they are half brothers. Step siblings do not share a biological parent. If you are going to report something, check your facts first.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Hi there ,with me i think not possible for such phenomenon to happen .from reproductive health point of view says that only one sperm is responsible to fertilize an ovum . The first men to meet during ovulation is the Father of twins not otherwise.Thanks
May 19th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Actually, they are half brothers, not step brothers. Same mother is half, seperate parents getting married makes step.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:48 am
The article about the twins having two different fathers…..that would NOT make them step-brothers…..that would make them HALF brothers…as they both have the same mother.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:43 am
When you say that the “parents” disclosed, exactly how many of the parents participated in the disclosure? Also, can you please describe in detail exactly what constitutes an “act of indescretion”?
May 19th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Not suprising in this era of ally cat sexuality
May 19th, 2009 at 9:44 am
FYI – These twins are genetically half-brothers, not step brothers.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:22 am
The boys would be half brothers not step brothers.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:58 am
The twins that she had were in fact Not step brother they are considered half brothers. Step brothers are not related, half brothers are. And I also knew of a girl that had twins that were half brothers, one baby was white the other was black.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
What a ho!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Well if the boys have the same mother they would be considered half-brothers not step-brothers