In my line, my great grandfather, Carey Yelton had twin sisters, Minerva and Martha. My daughter was a twin also. Unfortunately, I lost her twin brother before they were born. Suzanne Yelton Shephard ----- Original Message ----- From: <dm.aytes@fuse.net> To: <YELTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [YELTON] twin info > Hello, > My Grandmother was a Yelton. She had 12 kids but never had twins. But two of > her kids had twins without any fertility drugs within the past 30 years. > Just wanted to pass that also. > Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah Leighty" <sleighty3@yahoo.com> > To: <YELTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:13 PM > 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 > > > > > ==== YELTON Mailing List ==== > YELTON-L searchable and threaded archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=YELTON > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/YELTON > > ============================== > 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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02