Saturday, November 22, 2008

Interesting facts (2)....

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YOUNGEST MOTHERS/FATHERS OF TWINS & TRIPLETS
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--YOUNGEST MOTHERS OF TWINS--
The youngest mother of twins is Donna Dowman of England, conceived twins at 13 and had Rachel and Rebecca at age 14 in 1997. Nicola Doherty of England had her twins Courteney and Caitlyn April 20, 1997 when she was 14.

--YOUNGEST FATHER OF TWINS--
The youngest father of twins is James Sutton of England, who was 13 when his girlfriend Sarah Drinkwater (age 17) had identical twins Leah and Louise in late 1999.

--MOST TWINS--
Mrs. Fyodor Vassilyev of Shuya, Russia (1702 or 07- June 16 1782) gave birth to 16 sets of twins (in addition to 7 sets of triplets & 4 sets of quads.). She had a total of 69 children, 67 of whom survived infancy who were born between 1725 - 1765. Mrs. Mary Jonas who died in 1899 had 15 sets, and all were boy/girl.

-LONGEST INTERVAL BETWEEN TWINS--
Mrs Peggy Lynn gave birth to Hanna on November 11 1995 and twin Eric on February 2 1996, 84 days later, the longest interval between twins. The previous record was held by Mrs. Danny Berg of Italy, who had Diana on December 23 1987 and her twin Monica on January 30 1988, 38 days later. The Keys family of Louisiana had their twins 95 days apart, in 1994 and 1995.

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