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Identicals?

ceechieceechie member
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Ok, I have googled with no real luck. I've talked to our pediatrician and she didn't even know that they could be Id's if they didn't share a placenta.
So here's the thing, my DH is convinced they are id. I'm not. The girls are only 2 weeks old and do look a lot alike but so do my older two kids. The twins have the same hands, same very distinct feet, noses and ears and eyes. But one has a birthmark the other doesn't have. I don't think they could be id because of the birthmark. Hubby says that Id's can have small differences like that.
I do NOT want to spend the money on testing if this can be solved by a birthmark...
TIA! Help solve the debate!
I'm mobile bumping, so unfortunately I can't post a pic of the girls.
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  • BuckeyeNut05BuckeyeNut05 member
    Well, I don't know exacty how it works, but mine are ID and have different birthmarks than one another if that helps?
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    Sidenote I think there was an article awhile back that someone posted about how even though they're genetically identical, the genes have swithes of some sort that can express themselves slighly differently by way of how they look.
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  • Missa_gMissa_g member
    Personally I would wait until they're at least 6m to do the testing unless there is a medical reason to need to know now. Our boys looked identical in the beginning and the opthamologist in the NICU even said their retinal patterns seemed identical which is a big indicator. We shelled out the money to find out they're fraternal. By six months it was very clear and now even more so. They have different colored hair, different colored eyes, different shaped eyes, and their teething is totally different. I wish we had saved the money.
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  • amy1007amy1007 member
    Yep one of my identicals has a birthmark on her leg. The other does not!
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  • ceechieceechie member
    Oh, he'll be so excited he was right about the birthmarks! I told him he had to wait until the girls are at least 3 mos to do the testing. I don't really think it matters that much, but proud daddy is excited to know everything he can about his twins. It cracks me up!
    Thanks ladies!
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  • TobieRoseTobieRose member

    I don't think most (if any?) birthmarks are caused by genetics; they are something that "happen" for one reason or another rather than something that is part of your looks like eye or hair color, so it is quite possible for one ID twin to have one and the other not to. :)  

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  • Hunter22Hunter22 member
    One of my girls has a birthmark on her leg too. It's funny because my husband the other day was like what's that dirt spot on her thigh? I was like um her birthmark. He has no idea. They are two LOL
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  • raraavis28raraavis28 member
    imageBuckeyeNut05:
    Sidenote I think there was an article awhile back that someone posted about how even though they're genetically identical, the genes have swithes of some sort that can express themselves slighly differently by way of how they look.


    Yep, I was the one who posted it heheh. And ditto PPs; birthmarks don't even count as genetic differences. I agree also to wait a bit and if they are still looking super alike, test them.
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  • turtle_1278turtle_1278

    We waited until our girls were a year to test.  I guess I thought they'd start looking different!  They do have slight differences that most people (including extended family) don't usually notice.  My twin 'B' has always been at least a lb bigger, currently 2 since her sister throws majority of her food on the floor for the dog!

     I agree with waiting a little longer.  They are so tiny it's really hard to tell now!  GL! 

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