Sure it can be true, though unlikely.  Dizygotic twins not only don't have
to be the same age, they don't have to have the same father.  Mothers who
are pregnant and for some reason fail to stop ovulating, can get pregnant
again, and the second fetus would be a different age.  My guess is that the
older baby would have to be delivered via c-section, though, because
contractions would cause the second baby to be born prematurely.

Wally Dixon

Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN  37614
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On 1/22/04 12:59 AM, "Kathleen Kleissler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A colleague is wondering if what a student told her can possible be
> true: this person says that he is a twin to an sibling born 4 months
> after him. Does anyone know if this can possibly be true?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Kathleen Kleissler
> Dept. of Psychology
> Kutztown University
> Kutztown PA 19530
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> 610-298-3313
> 
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