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1 | 25.00% |
| Yes, identical quadruplets |
  
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| Yes, both |
  
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1 | 25.00% |
| No but have seen quadruplets with 2 sets of twins |
  
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0 | 0% |
| No to (1) - (4) but have seen other quadruplets |
  
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0 | 0% |
| No to (1) - (5) but have seen other triplets |
  
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0 | 0% |
| No |
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2 | 50.00% |
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#1
04-08-2008, 05:25 PM
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Have you ever seen identical triplets or quaduplets?
 I saw identical quadruplet 3 year olds at a botanical garden once. I also saw some triplet sisters working at a bookstore, but I'm not absolutely sure all 3 were identical. Also, how many sets of identical twins have you seen? Someone on another forum said they'd only seen 2 or 3 in their life, I've seen a few more than 10, and another saw 11 in one day. Shows how some people are much more observant than others I guess.
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04-08-2008, 05:40 PM
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Never, just plain ole twins...lol
One thing I find interesting is that many more twins, triplets,quadruplets etc. are being born since more and more people are taking fertility drugs which its seems increases the liklihood of twins etc. The novelty of identical offspring is now wearing off and everyone can now say that this trait runs in their family. Hmmm.
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04-08-2008, 06:22 PM
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No, but I would love to meet the three in the top picture. Imagine the fun that could be had; not knowing who is who, when one gets tired, just hooking up with the next, etc.
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04-08-2008, 06:23 PM
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We have family friends that were triplets, only I'd seen/met. Twins, almost a dime a dozen, I grew up with 2 sets in schools...
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#5
04-08-2008, 06:44 PM
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The statistical chances of twins is low, and after that it's exponentially lower. Meeting identical quads especially in the same place and time is likely never to happen for most of the population.
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04-09-2008, 09:09 AM
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^Yes, I've read that there are only 20-50 sets of identical quads alive today. That makes me wonder if the ones I saw were not all identical. Fraternal twins can probably look identical considering that children can look exactly like one of their parents (who, like a fraternal twin, shares 50% of the DNA). There are also semi-identical twins where an egg splits and then two separate sperm attach to them. I imagine at least 2 or 3 of the kids were identical though because the chances of 4 genetically different children looking exactly alike would be extremely low. In support of them possibly being identical quaduplets they were all acting the same way.
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04-10-2008, 01:13 PM
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I often see three identical triplets in my dreams - usually they disappear when Mrs Zipper hears me chuckling in my sleep...
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