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Yes. If a woman has been sexually active with more than one person in a short period of time, there is a less than a one percent chance that a mother will have fraternal twins by two different fathers.

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14y ago

Not usually no. Fraternal twins are conceived from separate eggs within the mothers womb. While identical twins start as one embryo and then split and grow into 2 babies. If a woman was sexually active with more than one man it is possible for fraternal twins to have different fathers, but it is extraordinarily rare.

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16y ago

It's very, very, very, very unlikely, but it is possible. It's called heteropaternal superfecundation. Here's a link about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfecundation

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13y ago

Yes, it is entirely possible. Cats often end up having litters with more than one father between them; the same is rarer in humans but has still been known to occur.

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Yes, it is possible and has happened, though there have only been a couple of documented instances of it.

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no,twins are supposed to have same parents because then they will be cousins

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