How do you answer the "are they ID?" quest. when you don't know?

Kristen61607 · July 2011

Our girls were Di/Di and now that they are here I'm like 99.9% certain they are not ID, but since we don't know for sure I don't know how to answer people when they ask. I usually go into the "well they were di/di so probably not but we don't know for sure because it's all based on when the egg splits...." and people get that dumbfounded "I just wanted a yes or no answer" look on their face, haha. So should I just say no, they are fraternal?

OrangeSmoke · July 2011

Yep - I would just say they are frat.

Did you get their blood type from the hospital?

Rangergal9 · July 2011

My girls were also Di-Di and while they look a lot alike, I really don't think they are ID, so when people ask I just say they are fraternal and leave it at that. People don't need to know that I'm not 100% certain...lol

doz&koz · July 2011

I think most people don't understand that the only way to be sure is a blood test. Add it to the list of things people don't know about twins.

I'd just say they're frat.

natb22 · July 2011

Before we found out, I finally just started saying they were fraternal. I would say well we aren't sure yet but most likely fraternal and then cut it down to "fraternal"

I was 99.9% sure they were fraternal but got our DNA test results back and they are ID (i know in my siggy pic they look ID but I swear they normally look fraternal) lol

2shihtzus · July 2011

Honestly, before I knew for sure, I just answered with whatever I felt like saying at the time. Mostly I said fraternal because that's what I honestly thought (I was wrong) but sometimes I said identical. I figured, they don't know the difference so I will say whatever I want.

ETA: Rangergal, FWIW, I always assumed your girls were ID.

pea-kay · July 2011

Before the boys were tested, I would say, "We think they're identical, but we're not sure." You could just say, "We think they're fraternal, but we're not sure."

But seriously, the questions (oh, the questions!) was the reason we got them tested. I hated not having an answer.

crystina06 · July 2011

I hate that question! My girls were also di/di, but they have the same blood type and I often have a hard time telling them apart. So I think they are probably identical. When people ask, that is just what I say. I used to say I didn't know and go into the whole schpeel (sp?), but it just got easier to say, "yes, they are identical." I figure if I have a hard time telling them apart, no one else will be able to, so they won't think maybe I'm wrong. If you think yours are fraternal, I'd just call them fraternal. You'll get asked a lot and trying to explain it that many times is just exhausting!

s270453 · July 2011

I love when people ask and I say fraternal....then they proceed to argue with me about whether or not they are...whatever. Its not like im their MOTHER!

meagamomma2be · July 2011

I say ID. I don't explain any further unless it's a friend. Just pick an answer, it really doesn't matter what you say to strangers anyway.

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