My brother Paul Donald Yelton and I, David Ronald Yelton are identical twins born to Paul David Yelton and Carrie Mitchell Yelton in 1944. My brother is 8 or 14 minutes older depending on my mother's memory. Interestingly my father was a fraternal twin. Unfortunately his twin sister died at birth. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah Leighty [SMTP:sleighty3@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:13 PM > To: YELTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [YELTON] twin info > > All > I recently found out that my daughter is > expecting twins in August. Caught us all by > surprise. So I wrote Cheryl asking for some help > researching the Yelton line to see how often > twins appeared. > As always, she provided invaluable assistance and > I promised to send her my findings. Cheryl > thought perhaps all the cousins would be > interested so I am forwarding my message. > Don't hold me too accountable as I am just > passing along what I've read on the internet. > I am anticipating much excitement in August and > promise to post names and birthdate!!!! > Cousin Sarah > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sarah Leighty" <sleighty3@yahoo.com> > > To: "Cheryl Chasin" <cherylc470@cox.net> > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:54 AM > > Subject: twin info > > > > > > > Cheryl > > > I counted 35 sets of twins in the 4239 names > > you > > > sent in the Yelton database (forgive me if I > > > counted wrong). From what I've looked up on > > the > > > internet, fraternal twins occur about 11 per > > 1000 > > > normal conceptions (forget fertility drugs). > > > Identicals are a different breed and "usually > > > happen" by chance. Another interesting > > tidbit is > > > that fraternal twins pass through the > > maternal > > > line. > > > If my math skills aren't too rusty, it seems > > the > > > Yeltons are pretty much in line with the > > average > > > stats (given missing birthdates and other > > info). > > > > > > I guess before the end of the year I will > > know > > > more about twins than I ever imagined. > > > Thanks for your help. > > > Cousin Sarah > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > ==== YELTON Mailing List ==== > YELTON FAMILY: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yelton/ > Webmaster: Cheryl G. Chasin > List Admin. Iris F. Reily > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237