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Snap Studios Okay, so whenever anyone in my generation of the family gets pregnant or, you know, get someone pregnant, when the happy news is announced after the cheers, the shouts and congratulations, the baby name suggestions, what about aunties or uncles to always say, watch out now, because twins running our family. I've always heard that.

I always knew that.

In fact, when the doctor did the ultrasound for my own children,

I told her, be sure to take a good look around, you know,

because twins run in our family.

But recently, my cousin announces she's having a baby.

When the folks started with the twins thing, I think, you know, what twins?

My dad's not a twin.

My uncles are not twins.

My aunties, my grandparents, where are these twins?

My family is like, I don't know.

You just can't ask for simple answers to simple questions.

Everything's got to be difficult.

And I found the best way to uncover something is to act like you already know it.

So at a recent gathering after I see her drink, her second glass of lasgato, I slide over next to my auntie.

Auntie, I can't decide which one of us the twins would most resemble.

Oh, I'd say they really favor your uncle Eddie.

Then she scowls, angry, fuming, because I actually tricked some real information out.

Won't say another word to me.

But I get from my uncle, olden twins, yeah.

Your grandmother, she never drove again, you know that?

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