Woman Investigates Unusual Birthmark, Discovers She Is Her Own Twin Sister

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Woman Investigates Unusual Birthmark, Discovers She Is Her Own Twin Sister

Post by K@th » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:05 pm

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-me ... in-sister/

After talking to a doctor familiar with rare medical conditions, she discovered she has two sets of DNA.

"Not only that, I’ve been told I have two immune systems and two bloodstreams."

Taylor has tetragametic chimerism. This happens when two separate eggs are fertilized by two different sperms, and then one of the embryos absorbs the other during early stages of development. People with this type of chimerism may have two blood-types, as Taylor does, or different eye colors.
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Re: Woman Investigates Unusual Birthmark, Discovers She Is Her Own Twin Sister

Post by de officiis » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:06 pm

At least she doesn’t have two heads.
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Re: Woman Investigates Unusual Birthmark, Discovers She Is Her Own Twin Sister

Post by Speaker to Animals » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:07 pm

So does she count as banging twins?

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Re: Woman Investigates Unusual Birthmark, Discovers She Is Her Own Twin Sister

Post by DrYouth » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:25 pm

Definitely cause for lots of evil twin nightmares....

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Just the idea of being "absorbed" is giving me the heebie-jeebies.
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