Are twins more likely to have twins?

History of twins: Once you have a set of fraternal twins, you're twice as likely to have another set in future pregnancies. Number of pregnancies: The more pregnancies you've had, the greater your chances of having twins. read more

Studies have shown that if twins run in your family, you are more likely to have twins, as the genetic trait is in your family gene pool. This could mean your blood mother, father, aunt, or uncle were twins or had twins themselves. read more

You may have heard, for example, that if your mum or dad is a twin but you're not, you're more likely to have twins yourself. There's no evidence to support this. What can happen, though, is that a dad can pass on the non-identical twin gene to his daughters and this may make twins appear to skip a generation. read more