Hi all,Today is the twins' Birthday! They were born on Mother's Day 2007. So, we thought it was fitting that they be dedicated at our church on Mother's Day (last Sunday). We also had a little Birthday Party on Saturday. God has been so gracious to us!!!!
The DNA test results are in...drum roll... they are identical!!!!
The DNA test results showed that the twins matched exactly on all 15 genetic markers and based on the statistical odds of those genetic markers, the testing accuracy was estimated to be 99.99999% accurate. The odds of the twins being identical (monozygotic) based on their genetic markers were 10 million to 1.
The odds of having identical twins are quite low - 0.3-0.4 %. Odds of having twins, identical or fraternal, is around 3.1%. So, we feel even more blessed. Before and after the twins were born, the doctors kept telling us that most likely our twins were fraternal (cause of the separate sacs, separate placentas), so we had believed it for a while. But when the twins started looking more and more alike, we began to believe that they must be identical.
A lot of people don't know that when we were pregnant at 6 wks, our obgyn told us that Baby A ("Maddie") had a really slow heart rate and estimated about a 50% chance that she would survive. Isn't amazing how everything worked out?!?!
The DNA test results showed that the twins matched exactly on all 15 genetic markers and based on the statistical odds of those genetic markers, the testing accuracy was estimated to be 99.99999% accurate. The odds of the twins being identical (monozygotic) based on their genetic markers were 10 million to 1.
The odds of having identical twins are quite low - 0.3-0.4 %. Odds of having twins, identical or fraternal, is around 3.1%. So, we feel even more blessed. Before and after the twins were born, the doctors kept telling us that most likely our twins were fraternal (cause of the separate sacs, separate placentas), so we had believed it for a while. But when the twins started looking more and more alike, we began to believe that they must be identical.
A lot of people don't know that when we were pregnant at 6 wks, our obgyn told us that Baby A ("Maddie") had a really slow heart rate and estimated about a 50% chance that she would survive. Isn't amazing how everything worked out?!?!
2 comments:
They are soooo pretty!
I've always thought they were identical....goodness knows, I can't tell them apart without the color coded way you dress them!
All of your girls are just absolutely beautiful!
http://www.jenniferraack.blogspot.com/
Post a Comment