vanishing twin

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It has been speculated that the children born of such a pregnancy may

have some memories of their vanished twins

<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twinless_twins & action=edit & redlink=1>\

,

and may feel lonely because of this ^[8]

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_twin#cite_note-7> . There is no

scientific evidence to support this claim.

The vanishing twin syndrome has been cited by biotech company Acu-Gen as

an ad hoc hypothesis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_hypothesis> to

explain false results of the company's Baby Gender Mentor

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Gender_Mentor> test. According to the

company, on occasions where their pregnancy gender test has apparently

given the incorrect gender of the fetus, the apparent mistake can be

explained by a fetus having been present at the time of testing, but

later being reabsorbed as a vanished twin. According to the company's

critics, this excuse does not seem plausible.^[/citation needed

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>/]

The death of an identical twin in very early pregnancy has been

hypothesized to be a contributor to the cause of cerebral palsy

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy>.^[9]

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_twin#cite_note-8> ^[10]

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_twin#cite_note-9> ^[11]

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_twin#cite_note-10>

In the NBC show the Office, Dwight explains that he experienced this

when in his mother's womb. He refers to the process as " fetus

resorbtion " , in which he resorbs his twin. He further explains how the

resorbed tissue has given him strenth throughout his life.

I particularly enjoyed paragraph two.

Sally