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If a set of male twins has kids with a set of female twins, would the kids be cousins or siblings?
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- heleneLv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
First cousins.
If all the parents are identical twins, though, the kids would be genetic siblings.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Cousins...
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Well, for starters males do NOT determine multiple births. Only the female determines that.
Human multiple births can occur either naturally (the woman ovulates multiple eggs or the fertilized egg splits into two) or as the result of infertility treatments such as IVF (several embryos are often transferred to compensate for lower quality) or fertility drugs (which can cause multiple eggs to mature in one ovulatory cycle).
- Anonymous2 years ago
They would be cousins.
HOWEVER - a DNA test MIGHT show their genetic relationship to be "sibling" IF the parents are IDENTICAL twins.
- Anonymous2 years ago
They will be cousins
- MissALv 72 years ago
They'd be cousins. Family relationships don't necessarily reflect the amount of genetic similarity.
If both sets of twins were identical, the cousins would be genetically as related as siblings are. If both sets of twins were fraternal, they wouldn't be any more closely related than other cousins are. If one were fraternal and the other identical they genetic mix would be somewhere in the middle.
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Cousins. It is not too uncommon for brothers to marry sisters. Twins, however, are a lot rarer.
- Anonymous2 years ago
cousins of course