A mother in Dallas, Texas, recently gave birth to twins. That’s not really news; the special part is each twin has a different father. This occurrence is extremely rare, but possible. If a woman releases multiple eggs during ovulation, and has more than one sex partner during that time, then two eggs can be fertilized separately by different men. This is called heteropaternal superfecundation, and only a handful of cases are documented in the world.

The woman’s fiancé has forgiven her, and plans to raise the two boys as his own. She does not plan to tell her other lover that he is the father of one of her children (however, with all the media attention this story is receiving, I wonder how it’s possible that he won’t figure it out…) Read more…

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