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The offspring of the two parties couldn't possibly be identical because identical twins are from one embryo that splits. Since the offspring in this instance would come from two separate mothers there would have to be two embryos... but the offspring could possibly be genetically similar in the same way fraternal twins are (twins from two different embryos but sharing all the same genetic heritage).
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The offspring of the two parties couldn't possibly be identical because identical twins are from one embryo that splits. Since the offspring in this instance would come from two separate mothers there would have to be two embryos... but the offspring could possibly be genetically similar in the same way fraternal twins are (twins from two different embryos but sharing all the same genetic heritage).
That's just my speculation, I'm not a geneticist.
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If both sets of twins are identical then I would assume that while it's improbable for their offspring to be identical, I would image they would be as genetically similar as sibling although they would biologically be cousins.
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I think they would be. They would be identical with each other, but the genetic pool is the same, and so given an infinite number of "doing it arrows" the children would be the same.
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Only if both sets of the original twins are identical and if they have children of the same gender.
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Amusing stoner-wonderings, but scientifically inaccurate. There's nothing in the genes that denotes one as having an identical twin... as far as sex and making a baby is concerned, there'd be no indication the parents were also twins. The genes would get combined as usual, with the exact same effects as if any other man and woman had produced a child.
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