Florida Mom Gave Birth To 2 Pairs Of Twins Within A Year
Jan 20, 2020 by apost team
For Alexzandria Wollinston, a resident of West Palm Beach in Florida, 2019 will be a year she will always remember. She not only got pregnant twice but also gave birth to twins both times. She now has five children and is very happy; after all, the first set of twins born in March were boys, and the second visit to the delivery room resulted in twin girls. In various interviews, Wollinston has made something very clear: She is done having babies, but she has also learned a few interesting things along the way.
Wollinston is a native Floridian, but her African ancestry can be traced to the Yoruba people. It so happens that there is a town in the Oyo state of Nigeria where women are not only very fertile but often give birth to twins. Wollinston's grandmothers had twins that were tragically lost at birth or during infancy, so she feels that she was blessed with the opportunity to extend the family.
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Multiple twin births are mostly isolated to the town of Igbo-ora in Nigeria, and this may explain Wollinston's case. Her baby boys do not seems to be identical; however, her younger baby girls will probably look the same as they grow older, but this is not guarantee. Obstetricians and geneticists continue to be puzzled by twins for various reasons. First of all, there is really no way to anticipate such pregnancies or births, at least not for women who are not Yoruba from Igbo-ora families. The DNA makeup of identical twins can be as high as 99%, but their fingerprints will always be different.
In terms of physical appearance, looks can vastly change over the years because of multiple factors. For some reason, women who are taller and whose body mass index is proportionate to their age are more likely to give birth to twins; this may explain why Igbo-ora has such a high population of twins since Yoruba women tend to be tall and shapely.
As for personalities, non-identical twins who are delivered minutes apart usually end up being different to the point of being opposite. Identical twins are more likely to share personality traits during their early years, but this is always subject to change because of sociocultural factors. If you know more interesting facts about twins, pass this story on to your social media followers so that we can all learn about this human phenomenon.