Twins

[PaulaD]

I have just found my sixth set of twins in different branches of my rellies.
Does anyone know how common twins were in the 1800's?
Also whats the largest family anyone has found?
I have one poor woman who had 11 in twenty years including one lot of twins and judging by the gap of 4 years between marriage and first child
she had a few miscarriages as well
Paula

[emanday]

There are twins on both sides of my family. My mother was a twin as were her great aunt and uncle. Two of my father's great uncles were twins, and great aunts in the same family. Then there was a generation of no twins, then three sets, one on my father's side and two on my mother's.

There are more going back, either in my direct lines, or to siblings of my direct lines.

When my sister got engaged and we discovered there were twins in her fiance's line, we assumed she'd probably have twins as well. In fact, neither myself, my sister nor my brother have had twins. No sign of twins yet from our kids either.

Maybe we've worn out the twin gene

[joette]

I can't remember which Parish I was looking at(OPR) but there were several sets of Twins all born in the same year-about four or five.All to different families.
I also noted in a Moray/Banff parish two children dying in the same month both having Spina-Bifida & again two seperate families.
Something in the water?
Both my sisters are married to Twins-one identical&one non.I have twin cousins& twin second& third cousins.
I keep telling my nephew s& nieces to be prepared!Only single births so far.

[fmackay]

My g grandfather was one of 13 children which included two sets of twins. As far as I can tell all children survived into adulthood.

Fiona