Because of the special relationship between twins, parents struggle with whether to separate twins into different classrooms when they begin school. Even as twins mature and develop more independent lives, the twin bond can remain very strong. Adult twins often maintain regular, even daily, contact with each other. Interestingly, studies have revealed that twins reared apart, especially identical twins, exhibit very similar behavioral characteristics even after they become adults. Similarities between twins reared apart show up in their voices, gestures, fears and phobias, and a host of other characteristics.
Identical twins exhibit almost identical brain wave patterns.
He also wrote about twins in The Comedy of Errors and The Twelfth Night. Twinning does run in families, but supposedly only fraternal twins and not identical twins. If the mother is herself a fraternal twin, the chances of having twins increases about five-fold. The modern world record for giving birth to multiples is held by Leontina Albina from Chile, whose 55 children included three sets of triplets. All rights reserved.