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by Fun2WinPrizes on June 10th, 2006

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If two identical twin females marry two identical twin males, will the kids of one marriage look like the kids of the other marriage?

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  • by Farino on June 11th, 2006

    Farino

    Not necessarily, there will be a few similarities being close family. The thing with the genes when your cells divide in mitosis to produce gametes (sperms or eggs) is that some genes swap from chromosome to chromosome. Thus giving you an altered DNA sequence. Not enough for it to be too different but some characteristics may differ. Not to mention that there are dominant genes and recessive genes, each giving different characteristics. If the right combination of genes are combined then the child may have a different charactristic, for example: it isn't unheard of that two people with brown eyes produce a child of blue eyes.

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  • by theredbaron on June 4th, 2007

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    I actually know two brothers whose parents are exactly the situation you describe -- both their mother and father have an identical twin who are also married to each other. I was very interested to meet the two male cousins (the children of the other married twins). I was amazed to discover that though with each set of brothers there was a definite resemblance, there really wasn't one between the cousins! Just when you think you've got genetics figured out!

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  • by Anonymous on October 10th, 2006

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      The children of one couple would be genetically equivalent to siblings of the children of the other couple.

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  • by Galeanda on June 4th, 2007

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    It's always a toss of the genetic dice. Thee are many more genes in thee than the ones that show up in one person's looks. Maybe.

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  • by DBike on June 4th, 2007

    DBike

    Dont know, WOW thats a good question

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  • by sage on June 4th, 2007

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    My Mom and her twin, married twin brothers, they all look different as day and night

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  • by david askari on October 9th, 2006

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    I will answer as an ignorant person who know what he sees. Your question can be asked like this, " If two people have kids in a marriage, do the kids look the same?". The question is about comparing apples and oranges. You might as well as if your set of twins went to las vegas and played roulette, would they get the same numbers, what if they played a 1000 times, there is a chance but the parental combinations are far more and you do not have that many kids. But I love your question for you had me dumbfounded for while. Trying to find a non scientific answer. Good one.

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  • by Jo on May 25th, 2008

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    The identical twins (in the case of mothers and fathers) probably won't donate the exact same DNA (because each parent only contributes one half of their DNA and it's random), there will be differences. So the offspring will probably not be the same, though, admittably, there is a greater chance than without the mothers and fathers being identical twins (obviously, because there would be less DNA in common, so a greater chance for diversity).

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  • by AnonymousNerdfighter on May 25th, 2008

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    what? oh...that would make sense...so the cousins would look exactly alike? yeah.

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  • by Firebrand on August 15th, 2007

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    Yes they would look very much like siblings.

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  • by .avallach on August 15th, 2007

    .avallach

    I've read that in cases like this couple A's children are, genetically speaking, siblings of couple B's children, so they should have as much resemblance as brothers and sisters.

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  • by PrincessHolly91 on December 2nd, 2008

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    I was asking my mom the exact same question like 2 weeks ago. Now, I think maybe they would have some resemblance but i dont know if they would look like twins. Good question though.

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  • by iwnit on December 21st, 2008

    iwnit

    Yes, actually there would be something like genetic brother and sisters. But certainly not *twins*!

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  • by Coin Toss on February 25th, 2009

    Coin Toss

    Yes, because the genetics of both of the fathers and both of the mothers are identical. From a legal standpoint, the children from Marriage 1 and Marriage 2 would all be cousins to each other, but genetically they would all be brother and sister.

    (I have a BS in Biology and they answered this question in both a human reproduction class and a genetics class.)

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  • by Yarnlady is happy every day on May 25th, 2008

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    There are some cousins in my family that look more like siblings than their own brothers and sisters. It's as likely as any other combination.

    If the two fathers were identical twins, and the two mothers were also identical twins, than it would probably be more likely.

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