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Can fraternal twins be black and white?

Updated: 9/23/2023
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Yes, but not monozygotic twins.

There are cases where a woman was impregnated by two (or more?) men very close in time to each other, and two ova were fertilized by different men. In that case black and white twins are quite possible.

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