TWINS

[Ragnar0711]

Two babies in Virginia are going viral because they're cousins . . . and also twin BROTHERS.
They've got the same DNA because both sets of parents are IDENTICAL TWINS. Their moms are identical and married two identical twin brothers. So in adition to being cousins, the two babies are also "genetic brothers"
If they took a DNA test, it would say they're siblings, even though they're not. Their parents met in 2017 at a festival for twins and got married a year later. Now they all live together in the same house.

 

[Duke]

Two babies in Virginia are going viral because they're cousins . . . and also twin BROTHERS.
They've got the same DNA because both sets of parents are IDENTICAL TWINS. Their moms are identical and married two identical twin brothers. So in adition to being cousins, the two babies are also "genetic brothers"
If they took a DNA test, it would say they're siblings, even though they're not. Their parents met in 2017 at a festival for twins and got married a year later. Now they all live together in the same house.
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Does that mean DNA testing could not identify which of the twin brothers fathered which child? Or if both children had the same father?

If I'm reading this correctly, this scenario would make a great plotline for a procedural crime drama series/book.

 

[Debi]

Does that mean DNA testing could not identify which of the twin brothers fathered which child? Or if both children had the same father?

If I'm reading this correctly, this scenario would make a great plotline for a procedural crime drama series/book.

Believe it or not, it has been the plotline for at least two episodes of crime dramas I've watched. I think one was in the Law and Order universe.

And no, a DNA test could not show which brother fathered the children.