Either way, none of that is the child’s doing. Though it’s difficult not to suspect it may land rather heavily if they ever stumble across the backstory later on..
limeflavoured on
One the one hand, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, but on the other they should both be responsible unless and until they can actually prove which one is the father.
o0SETH0o on
Well there are genetic tests than can tell the difference between them due to mutations that occur after they are zygotes.
So get the correct test?
insomnimax_99 on
I think it is possible, just very expensive.
Identical twins are not genetically identical, there are very small genetic differences.
The problem is that to identify these differences you’d have to actually sequence their genomes rather than doing standard DNA testing, which is gonna be pricey.
DeadandForgoten on
Downvote me all you like, but at least look it up first.
It IS possible to distinguish between identical twins due to single nucleotide polymorphisms.
It is also possible to ascertain paternity with the same genetic profiling.
hadawayandshite on
We could find out but it’d cost thousands of pounds rather than the 100 or so for a paternity test
Identical twins don’t actually have identical dna (but close) due to random somatic mutations and epigenetics (and random chance, Brownian motion etc)
You could tell but you’d need a full genome breakdown of all involved and to go through it with a fine tooth comb
Twisted_Biscuits on
What about epigenetics though? DNA may be identical, but modification of their dna could be different due to environmental factors?
caesium_pirate on
I was thinking about this when watching Arrested Development
sunoukong on
May not possibly to identify with regular genotyping arrays used in forensics, but with whole-genome sequencing data it might be possible (e.g., these twins may differ in their DNA sequence by a few mutations if they occurred early during embryo development).
NorCalGal54 on
My burning question is, why did she have sex with both of them?
WinHour4300 on
Well, I guess we need a new term for this situation, something combining “uncle” and “dad”. “Duncle”?Â
sf-keto on
Wait wait wait…. But who pays the child maintenance?
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I heard that twins shared everything, but sharing a partner and a kid seems a bit much…
/s
Wait
So one of the twins wants to be known as the father and hes not the one named on the birth certificate
Here’s an idea there’s a 50/50 chance that hes the father and he wants to be the father
So why not let him be the father?
Just asked my boy King Solomon what he’d do. You won’t believe what he suggested!
Just wait for the kid to grow up, see who they look like
She was in a sexual thruple with the two male twins or had some sort of ill-advised one-off Ménage à Trois with them – consisting of unsafe contact with each twin – resulting in the pregnancy and the precarious indeterminate paternity?
Either way, none of that is the child’s doing. Though it’s difficult not to suspect it may land rather heavily if they ever stumble across the backstory later on..
One the one hand, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, but on the other they should both be responsible unless and until they can actually prove which one is the father.
Well there are genetic tests than can tell the difference between them due to mutations that occur after they are zygotes.
So get the correct test?
I think it is possible, just very expensive.
Identical twins are not genetically identical, there are very small genetic differences.
The problem is that to identify these differences you’d have to actually sequence their genomes rather than doing standard DNA testing, which is gonna be pricey.
Downvote me all you like, but at least look it up first.
It IS possible to distinguish between identical twins due to single nucleotide polymorphisms.
It is also possible to ascertain paternity with the same genetic profiling.
We could find out but it’d cost thousands of pounds rather than the 100 or so for a paternity test
Identical twins don’t actually have identical dna (but close) due to random somatic mutations and epigenetics (and random chance, Brownian motion etc)
You could tell but you’d need a full genome breakdown of all involved and to go through it with a fine tooth comb
What about epigenetics though? DNA may be identical, but modification of their dna could be different due to environmental factors?
I was thinking about this when watching Arrested Development
May not possibly to identify with regular genotyping arrays used in forensics, but with whole-genome sequencing data it might be possible (e.g., these twins may differ in their DNA sequence by a few mutations if they occurred early during embryo development).
My burning question is, why did she have sex with both of them?
Well, I guess we need a new term for this situation, something combining “uncle” and “dad”. “Duncle”?Â
Wait wait wait…. But who pays the child maintenance?
In Brazil both twins were ordered to pay child support https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/identical-twins-child-support-brazil_n_5ca66de1e4b0a00f6d3cf303
If the woman waited 5 weeks  instead of 5 days between sleeping with the twin brothers she’d know.Â
Hopefully, they can afford £5k to get the sequencing tests cos they should really know.
Interesting. A judge who is capable of understanding basic genetics when presented with a broad outline.
In 21 years, in the bedroom: “Who’s your daddy?!”
The offspring: “no idea, but I got double presents as a kid… So… Probably the milkman?”