Doctors Discover Dallas Twins Have Two Different Dads

A Texas mother of twins got the shock of her life when doctors revealed that her 11-month-old boys do not have the same father.

Mia Washington decided to get some expert advice when she and her partner noticed that twins Justin and Jordan had different facial features.

Paternity tests then revealed what had happened — two eggs had been fertilized by two different sperm and there was a 99.99% chance the twins had different dads.

Doctors at the DNA lab in Dallas, Texas had never seen such a result.

Washington later admitted she had had an affair and got pregnant by two different men at the same time.

"Out of all people in America and of all people in the world, it had to happen to me, she told myfoxdfw.com. “I'm very shocked."

"It is very crazy. Most people don't believe it can happen, but it can,” Genny Thibodeaux, Clear Diagnostics President, told the news station.

When twins have two fathers, doctors call it heteropaternal superfecundation, according to myfoxdfw.com. It's so rare — there are only a handful of documented cases in the world.

Twins Born On Different Days, Years

1 Twin Born On News Years Eve, Other On New Years Day

A Detroit mother gave birth to twin boys on different days and in different months of different years.

Tangernika Woods and her husband welcomed their first twin, Tarrance, at 11:51 p.m., Wednesday, New Years Eve 2008. Their second twin, Tariq, made his entrance 26 minutes later at 12:17 a.m. Thursday, the first day of January 2009.

The babies were born at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester.

"It was a shock!" Woods said.

Woods said she wanted to give birth to both boys on New Year's Day, but the fraternal twins decided to come out proving that they're different.

"They bring in their own years the best way they can," Woods said.

Woods' husband, Tarrance Sr., is a twin himself and said he understands the importance of having your own identity. He said he's happy to have his twin sons born on different days in different years.

"All I can say is they have their separate birthdays now, you know?" he said.

Woods said she'll now have to say the date and time of birth to help explain how her twins were born in 2008 and 2009, but that's a small clarification she's happy to live with.

"I was just happy that they were here and were healthy," she said.

Family and health staff said both boys are healthy, weighing in at 5 pounds 7 ounces and 5 pounds 15 ounces.

The family is expected to go to home Saturday.

The couple also has a 7-year-old daughter and an 11-month-old son.