A 19-year-old Brazilian woman who recently gave birth to twins has claimed they came from two different fathers, a very rare case in the world.
According to reports, this young woman from Minerios in Goias gave birth to twins nine months after having sex with two men on the same day.
The mother began having doubts on who their father was as the twins first birthday loomed. So, she decided to take a paternity test to confirm her suspicions.
The result came, and she found out her babies were from two different men, she said: "I didn't know this could happen."
Here doctor, Dr. Tulio Jorge Franco, told reports that her case is extremely rare and described it as a "one-in-a-million" conception.
"I never imagined that I would see a case like this in my life," Franco said.
"I remembered that I have had sex with another man and called him to take the test, which was positive," she said.
"I was surprised by the results. I didn't know this could happen. They are very similar," she added.
Though the occurrence is extremely rare, but still the possibilities is possible. This is scientifically called heteroparental superfecundation.
"It is possible to happen when two eggs from the same mother are fertilized by different men. The babies share the mother's genetic material, but they grow in different placentas," Dr. Tulio Jorge Franco told local news outlet.
Meanwhile, the twins, who are 16 months old, are currently looked after by just one of the fathers, their mom said in an interview.
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