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Can One Baby Have Two Fathers?

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Can One Baby Have Two Fathers? In rare cases, fraternal twins can be born from two different fathers in a phenomenon called heteropaternal superfecundation. Although uncommon, rare cases have been documented where a woman is pregnant by two different men at the same time. Can two different men’s sperm fertilize one egg? Superfecundation Can one

Can Someone Have 3 Parents?

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Can Someone Have 3 Parents? Can someone have 3 parents? Mitochondrial diseases can be passed from mothers to their children in DNA. Last fall, the New York-based reproductive endocrinologist John Zhang made headlines when he reported the birth of a “three-parent” baby — a healthy boy carrying the blended DNA of the birth mother, her