An extremely rare case of twins being born with two different fathers have been reported this week in Vietnam.
The twins were recently taken for testing because of very strong differences in the children’s appearances.
“Our Centre for Genetic Analysis and Technology lab has tested and found a pair of bi-paternal twins,” Le Dinh Luong, president of the Genetic Association of Vietnam, said. “This is rare not only for Vietnam, but for the world,” he said, explaining that the two children had different fathers but the same mother.
A rare case like this can happen if two eggs from the same mother are fertilized by sperm from two different men during separate acts of sexual intercourse but within the same ovulation period.
According to Tuoi Tre newspaper, the husband requested genetic testing at the Hanoi lab to determine whether he was the biological father of both his wife’s twins. His relatives were reportedly pressuring him to take the test because one of the babies looked much different from him and the other child.
He also wanted to rule out of hospital mix-up.
According to the Dan Tri news site, the twins were born on the same day, but a few hours apart, and they are the same sex. Now two years old, one twin has thick, wavy hair, and the other has thin, straight hair.
Le Dinh Luong told the BBC’s Nga Pham,
“There are only less than 10 known cases of twins with different fathers in the world. There might be other cases but the parents and/or the twins were not aware of it or didn’t want to announce it.”
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