Show six pairs of twins in one famil family 3 are arc puzzle for scientists 11 chicago the six pairs of fraternal twins that have been born to a connecticut husband and wife are somewhat disturbing to scientists prof william walter greulach Gre of the department of anatomy and tile tho adolescent study unit at yolo yale university ver sity presents a study of tho the six pairs of twins in tho the connecticut family in the journal ot of the american medical association ile he lias has also looked into the family ami history of the twins parents only on the fathers side can a record of previous multiple births be found the fathers fattier father it turns out had find triplets by his second wife tile the widespread belief that twinning ni ng tends to run in families Is supported by evidence here and abroad and twin births everywhere seem to appear just as frequently on the fathers side as on the mothers now this disturbing tact fact cannot bo be reconciled with the accepted theory of the genesis of fraternal twins fraternal twins as distinguished from twins those ot of the same sex and physical characteristics te are produced it Is usually assumed by the fertl fertilization 11 zat I 1 on of 0 two ova derived from separate follicles either from the same or from different ovaries calls calla for observations such double ovulations are exceptional dional t and are arc generally regarded as the result of some upset in function of the mechanism the control of this would naturally be with the mother and could not possibly be ba influenced influence d by the father professor Gro graulich ulich appeals to surgeons and pathologists to mako make observations ions during operations and postmortems on pregnant women that will help fin find d a satisfactory explanation of this phenomenon the most reasonable explanation in his opinion was advanced 20 years ago by dr C 11 II dantorth danforth and d recently by dr F citlau Cit alus lu of 0 germany I 1 according to this hypothesis the sperm of some men causes the tubal ovum to form two cells calls both of which are susceptible of being fertilized tili zed each of course by a different sperm such fertilization would result in the production of twins who had the same heredity from the mothers side but different paternal heredity such twins might be of like or of unlike sex and would be intermediate between and ordinary double egg twins the degree of resemblance that would bear to each other the connecticut family has renewed the faith of physicians that phenomenal fecundity has not become a lost art had sixth pair of twins last juno june 12 th the 0 mo mother th er was thirty five and father fifty seven when they born of the first pair of twins the boy died but all others are living |