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Diego
Please answer my question. Hello I have a question because in Spanish we have two words to distinguish between two babies who were born at the same time but there are two options: 1) babies who are equals in spanish we called "Gemelos" in english I looked at the dictionary and I found "twins" 2)babies who are not equals in spanish we called "Mellizos" in english I looked at the dictionary and I found "twins" I don´t know if there are another word to describe two babies who was born at the same time but How can I know if they are equals or they are different. How can I call three/four/five/six/seven/eight.. babies who were born at the same time, what about if they were equals or differents. Sorry about my mistakes. Thanks in advance.
29 avr. 2013 14:56
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Twins with identical genes are called identical twins. Other twins, with different genes, are called fraternal twins.
29 avril 2013
Geoff's response is correct. To answer your other question, 3 babies at once are triplets, 4 are quadruplets, 5 are quintuplets, 6 are sextuplets, and 8 are octuplets. You would use identical or fraternal to indicate whether they're genetically the same or not.
29 avril 2013
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