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Twins From Different Fathers: Maury Povich's Most Bizarre Paternity Test

By Ben MuessigApr 18th 2011 – 7:25AM
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mauryshow.com

Twins don't always share the same looks -- or even the same father. That's the crazy lesson Maury Povich, host of "Maury," learned during the oddest paternity test his show has ever aired. On one episode of his long-running talk show, a mother sought a paternity test in hopes of identifying a man as the father of her...

North Carolina, Massachusetts Schools Boast 11 Sets of Twins

By Susanna BairdMar 25th 2011 – 10:20AM

Assistant Principal Lisa Bodenheimer was brainstorming unique ways to fill up Paisley Magnet School's yearbook when she saw double. "I said, 'You know, I think we've got some twins. Why don't we do a twin page?' " she told AOL News. She should have allotted an entire yearbook section. Once Bodenheimer started counting,...

Danish Crown Princess Gives Birth to Twins

By Andra VarinJan 10th 2011 – 3:50PM
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Sean Gallup, Getty Images

The Danish royal family has two new members. And one of them is apparently being called after The King. Not the king of Denmark, which has a reigning queen, but the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Crown Princess Mary, the 38-year-old wife of the heir to the throne, gave birth Saturday to twins -- a boy and a girl. The boy was...

Twins Born in Different Years [VIDEO]

Jan 3rd 2011 – 7:42AM

Brandon Lewis and Ashley Fansler are the proud parents of twins, Madisen and Aiden. They were born in Rockford, Ill., mere seconds apart, but in different years.

Miracle Triplets Born 11 Years Apart

By Ben MuessigDec 28th 2010 – 3:40PM
Fame Pictures

Fame Pictures

Ever wonder what you were like when you were growing up? Two 11-year-old sisters in England will have just that chance, thanks to the amazing birth of their newborn triplet who had been on ice since she was conceived more than a decade ago. When Adrian and Lisa Shepherd decided to start a family in 1998, they underwent in...

Background on twins

A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic ("identical"), meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ("fraternal") because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.

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