On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:29:48PM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: > isnt there a recent case where one twin was white and the other black? > Or was that just a national enquirer thing.
no, that can happen. those are fraternal twins, starting with two different eggs. they may or may not have had the same father -- "black" and "white" are only skin-deep, and a pair of full sibs can have very different complexions. or they may have had different fathers, in which case they would be twins but only half-sibs. (this is often the case in animals that bear larger litters than the typical human singleton, such as cats and dogs.) --vicka
