s-WASHINGTON-large.jpgABC13 News in Dallas reported yesterday on the surprising and rare case of Mia Washington, a woman who gave birth to twins with different fathers:

A paternity test showed her 11-month-old twins, Jordan and Justin, were fathered by two different men. Authorities say it’s so rare there have been only 10 other known cases worldwide….

According to doctors, if a woman has more than one sexual partner while she is ovulating, there is a chance that different sperm cells can fertilize two separate eggs. It’s called “heteropaternal superfecundation.” Experts say it’s more common in animals. The first recorded human case was in 1810.
Scientists say superfecundation most commonly happens within hours or days of the first instance of fertilization….

The UK‘s Daily Mail continued:

The truth came out when Mia visited Clear Diagnostics DNA Lab after noticing the twins have different facial features.
A paternity test confirmed her fears – it showed there was only a 0.001 chance that Justin and Jordan have the same father….
Mia added: ‘When they opened the envelope and delivered the news they told me there was zero chance that James [Mia’s fiance] was Justin’s father, my jaw dropped open. It was the weirdest thing to think that two little babies could have grown in my stomach together and been born 7 minutes apart but yet have different fathers. I had never heard of it happening anywhere else in the world and literally had thought it would have been impossible.
James said he would stay because he loved me and raise both of the twins as his own. I felt very wary at first….
When they are old enough to know the truth about their different fathers I will tell them. Right now they are so young they don’t know anything and they don’t need to know.
As far as I’m concerned, James is the father of both boys because he’s the one there every morning when they get up and every night when they go to sleep. Some people may not agree with what I’ve done in the past but I have accepted my mistake and taken responsibility for it.

The couple is expecting another child, and this time there appears to be no question of paternity. Mom was and is married to neither father. Part of “accepting responsibility” would be to marry James and legalize their growing household.
[Photo attribution: Fox 4 News via Huffington Post; Video: SkyNews]

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