Comments on: What is the chance of having a left-handed child? http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/chance-left-handed-child.html Everything you need to know about being left-handed and left-handed products Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marissa http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/chance-left-handed-child.html/comment-page-1#comment-595 Marissa Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/?p=206#comment-595 Well, i'm an identical twin and my sister is right-handed, so are both my parents and everything. The theory i was told is that we got held on the same side all the time so my right arm got smushed or something. Well, i’m an identical twin and my sister is right-handed, so are both my parents and everything. The theory i was told is that we got held on the same side all the time so my right arm got smushed or something.

]]> By: Barb Morris http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/chance-left-handed-child.html/comment-page-1#comment-91 Barb Morris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/?p=206#comment-91 Interesting subject. Prof Robert Winston (I think thats his surname anyway - he one whos always on the teli) has his own theory. He claims that in a set of identifcal twins 1 is left handed and the other is right handed. This is because when in the womb, and the egg splits to form 2 babies, they are the mirror image of each other hence the different 'handed-ness'. There is also evidence that sometimes the female body will stop developing one of the babies and this just seems to fade away, its like a bodies way of saying it only wants to produce 1 baby, not 2. When ths happens you can be left with just the left handed baby. I'm an only child, left handed and all relatives are right handed. Maybe at a very early age in the womb I had a twin which didn't develop any further!!! Interesting hey? Also, my dad is right handed but he ties his shoe laces and deals cards left handed. In turn, his dad is also right handed but feels that he should have been a lefty but when he was young lefties were discouraged and you had to write with your right hand! I've now married a 'righty' and our 2 kids are both right handed. So it appears I'm unique in our family (or as my mum would say, unique in more than 1 way)!!!! :) Interesting subject. Prof Robert Winston (I think thats his surname anyway – he one whos always on the teli) has his own theory. He claims that in a set of identifcal twins 1 is left handed and the other is right handed. This is because when in the womb, and the egg splits to form 2 babies, they are the mirror image of each other hence the different ‘handed-ness’. There is also evidence that sometimes the female body will stop developing one of the babies and this just seems to fade away, its like a bodies way of saying it only wants to produce 1 baby, not 2. When ths happens you can be left with just the left handed baby.

I’m an only child, left handed and all relatives are right handed. Maybe at a very early age in the womb I had a twin which didn’t develop any further!!! Interesting hey?

Also, my dad is right handed but he ties his shoe laces and deals cards left handed. In turn, his dad is also right handed but feels that he should have been a lefty but when he was young lefties were discouraged and you had to write with your right hand!

I’ve now married a ‘righty’ and our 2 kids are both right handed. So it appears I’m unique in our family (or as my mum would say, unique in more than 1 way)!!!! :)

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