On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:05:07 -0400, "MareCat"
<m_gormanNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

>"blake murphy" <blakepm@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:9vk1b3tsalgecu3vgouck00qm8ogdafqtf@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:35:51 -0400, "MareCat"
>> <m_gormanNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>"Julia Altshuler" <jaltshuler@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:UoWdne6BV9vv6y3bnZ2dnUVZ_tuonZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>>>> Had a couple of new grandkids arrive today: William Miles and Gavin
>>>>> Charles - both hale and hearty. Mom is doing fine.We're heading for NJ
>>>>> for a first hand look and to lend a hand. Mom's a twin, so this is
>>>>> some kinda karma <g>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If they're fraternal, it isn't karma, it's genetics. Fraternal twins
>>>> run
>>>> in families.
>>>
>>>Not always. ;)
>>>
>>>Mary--mom of fraternal twin girls (who were conceived in a non-genetic
>>>way)
>>>
>>
>> conceived in a non-genetic way? what, made out of spare parts or
>> tinkertoys?
>
>LOL. Poorly worded. I meant to say "who were not the result of genetics
>(i.e., twins don't run in my family)." My point was that not all fraternal
>twins run in families. When each of my twins grows up and tells people that
>she's a twin and that she has two sets of twin cousins, people will
>naturally assume that twins run in her family--which isn't the case.
>
>Mary
>

my mother has a twin brother. but my sister has no kids, so i can't
say if they run in the family or not.

your pal,
blake