American woman gives birth to heteropaternal superfecundation twins, a one in a million chance (picture)

by zzfandsyb on 2011-06-27 11:32:01

Mia and James' son, the miracle baby Jordan (source: Chongqing Evening News)

The mysterious baby Justin with unknown father (source: Chongqing Evening News)

In Dallas, Texas, USA, 20-year-old Mia Washington gave birth to twin boys Justin and Jordan in June last year, just minutes apart. However, surprisingly, although Justin and Jordan were twins born almost simultaneously, DNA tests revealed that they had two different fathers! It turned out that after Mia conceived her boyfriend James Harrison's child, she had an affair with another man, resulting in a second fertilization.

**Conception During Pregnancy**

According to reports, Mia lived with her boyfriend James Harrison. In September 2007, Mia became pregnant after having relations with her boyfriend. However, at the same time, the flirtatious Mia also had an affair behind James's back with another lover. Surprisingly, even though Mia’s uterus was already carrying one child from James, another egg from her ovaries became fertilized, leading to the conception of a second fetus from another man.

In June last year, Mia delivered smoothly, giving birth to twin boys Justin and Jordan within a few minutes of each other. However, Mia's boyfriend James soon noticed that the twins looked too different from each other.

To alleviate James's doubts, Mia had no choice but to conduct a DNA paternity test for both children. To the astonishment of both Mia and her boyfriend James, the DNA results showed that there was over a 99.999% probability that Justin and Jordan were not fathered by the same man!

**Two Brothers Born Minutes Apart**

Doctors confirmed that one of the twins, Jordan, was indeed James’s son, but Justin had a different father. Mia said, "When the doctor told me the results, I was so shocked my jaw dropped. This is undoubtedly the strangest thing in the world — two children who grew up together in my womb and were born only minutes apart actually have two different fathers! How is this possible?"

Doctors explained that while Justin and Jordan were born on the same day and came from the same mother's womb, strictly speaking, they were half-brothers with different fathers, rather than traditional "twins." Due to overwhelming evidence, Mia had to admit to her boyfriend James that she did indeed have an affair with another man after becoming pregnant. Despite this revelation, James decided to overlook the past and agreed to continue living with Mia and raising both children.

**One in a Million Odds**

Currently, Mia’s twin sons are 11 months old, and Mia is pregnant again. She assured everyone that this time around, James is "one hundred percent" the father of the child in her womb. Mia said, "There are so many people in the world, and I never dreamed that something like this would happen to me. But I'm lucky because James is very generous and really likes the twins. When the children grow up, we will tell them the truth."

This "miraculous birth" has left the American medical community stunned. Medical experts stated that it is extremely rare for sperm from two different men to fertilize two eggs in such a short period of time. The odds of this happening are approximately one in a million.

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**Wu Wen**

**Had Two Sets of Twins While on Birth Control Pills**

At the age of 22, Carly O'Brien lived in Portsmouth, UK, with her 28-year-old air conditioning engineer boyfriend John Grant. To prevent pregnancy, Carly consistently took birth control pills. However, in 2006, Carly discovered that she was pregnant — and with twins!

In October 2006, Carly underwent a cesarean section and gave birth to a boy-girl set of twins, Brandon and Daisy. To avoid another pregnancy, Carly began taking a stronger form of birth control pill after delivery, which she took twice daily. However, 18 months later, Carly found herself miraculously pregnant again — and once more with twins!

On December 23, 2008, Carly underwent another cesarean section and gave birth to a second set of twins. According to statistics from British experts, Carly’s situation — conceiving two sets of twins while on birth control pills — broke the incredibly rare odds of 1 in 11.3 million!

--- Wu Wen