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The Sun
5 days ago
- General
- The Sun
My sister and I were both born in 2008 but we aren't twins – peoples jaws drops when they find out how our age gap works
A TEEN has left people scratching their heads by saying her and her sister were both born in 2008 but aren't twins. TikTok user @amber_andjade said how she often tells people that there is a small age gap between her and her sibling. 2 2 However, when people guess that it's around two years, she tells them it is even smaller than that. In a clip on TikTok, she posted: 'Jan 2008 and Dec 2008." One person replied to the video asking: 'How is that even possible…' However, people were quick to explain: 'Her mother got pregnant 3 or 2 months after she was born." The social media user said that they are in the same class at school due to their close age. Others pointed out that she's an 'Irish twin', which is a term often given to babies born less than 12 months apart. The term Irish twins was initially used as a derogatory term aimed at Irish-Catholics who emigrated to America. As Catholics do not believe in contraception, Irish families were often large, with children born close together in age. One person shared: 'damn mom didn't get a chance to relax.' Another added: 'Your father was so impatient.' I'm my own TWIN - I have two sets of DNA, two blood types & different skin tone A third commented: 'mom really said 'wow let's do that again'.' We previously shared about one mum who got pregnant three weeks after giving birth. Jemma McCullough shared details of her unconventional family situation via a video posted to her TikTok channel. Jemma gave birth to a daughter just 10 months after her son was born. In the UK, the average age gap between siblings is around two years and two months. Only a small percentage of pregnancies occur within 12 months of a previous birth. A US-based study found that about 0.2 per cent of women gave birth twice within the same calendar year. What are the different types of twins? TWINS are when two children are produced in the same pregnancy. They can be identical or different, and two boys, two girls, or a girl and a boy. Twins are quite rare, but are usually born completely healthy What are the different types of twins? Monozygotic – identical twins ('one cell' twins) Dizygotic – also known as 'fraternal', non identical twins. Babies are no more alike than siblings born at separate times, and they can be the same or different sexes Conjoined twins – identical twins that are joined together. They are extremely rare, and it's estimated they range from one in 49,000 to 189,000 births, although around half are stillborn, and one third die within 24 hours. Can identical twins be two different sexes? Identical twins are always of the same sex because they form from the same fertilised egg that contains either female or male chromosomes. The single egg is divided into two separate embryos, and they occur in about three in every 1000 deliveries worldwide. Therefore, boy/girl twins are always fraternal (or dizygotic), as their chromosomes are either XY (male) or XX (female). What are Di Di twins? Di Di stands for Dichronic Diamniotic, and they are the common type of twins. They have their own amniotic sacs and placenta, so are just sharing the womb of the mother, and are therefore not identical. There are few complications with Di Di twins, so have a good chance of being born completely healthy without intervention from your doctor. Di di twins are more likely to be non-identical than identical.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pregnant Joss Stone says she'll become mother to 'Irish twins' when she gives birth
Singer Joss Stone has revealed she'll be mother to 'Irish twins' when she gives birth to her fourth child in June. The Super Duper Love singer, 38, welcomed son Bear via adoption at the end of last year and announced she was pregnant soon after - and is now set to experience the rare parenting phenomenon when she welcomes the new baby. Stone also has Violet, three, and Shackleton, two, with the former US Marine Cody DaLuz and has previously revealed she wanted to eventually have 'seven kids '. Irish twins refers to when two siblings are born within a year of each other. The British singer told her 786,000 followers on Instagram 'Baby is coming in 26 days!!!! Eeek. So excited. Irish twins incoming.' She added: 'Slightly nervous about the way babe is turning up but I've done it before I'll do it again. I'm just suuuuuper ready now.' Taking to Instagram just before Christmas, Joss - whose real name is Joscelyn Eve Stoker - revealed she was 'shocked' after discovering that she was expecting again after the couple had recently become parents to Bear. The singer officially adopted Bear when when he was just a month old and weighed just 4lbs 12oz - with the couple keeping him indoors during the early months of his life because of premature lungs. The parents, who are now based in Nashville, Tennessee, met in 2020 after Joss fled the UK amid terrifying kidnap plot, with two men - Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw - convicted of planning to murder the star at her rural east Devon home. They would go on to secretly marry before starting their ever expanding family. In 2023, Joss revealed she and Cody, 34, had started the adoption process to expand their brood. Joss told HELLO! magazine of the adoption process: 'We're trying to do our home study. I hope we get to do it. I want, like, 25 kids.' Cody was adopted himself and Stone has previously spoken to her fans on social media about why the pair were keen to adopt a child of their own. She said: 'The reason why Cody even exists is because his bio mum loved him enough to make an adoption plan for him and the same goes for Bear. 'Honestly bio mothers do not get the gratitude they deserve. It is a more selfless love than I knew existed. Truly. We are just so happy to be part of this beautiful cycle.' Last year, Joss revealed she is hoping to move back to Devon from her current base in Nashville in time for her kids starting school because she wants them to enjoy a similar upbringing to her own. She told the Sunday Times magazine: 'We'll move home to Devon in time for Violet to go to school. I want my kids to have the kind of upbringing I did — riding horses, climbing trees and being near my family. I hope Cody likes it over there.' The You Had Me singer enjoys a 'slower' pace of life now she's a parent and she's thankful having children has given her an 'excuse' to ease her busy schedule. She said: 'Having kids makes you go slower. It's given me this wonderful excuse not to cram my schedule. Touring is different now... 'We always go by bus and travel at night, when the kids are asleep. I don't know how it's going to go with two of them because Cody's working as well. We don't want to enlist help but we might have to.'
