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 >