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How Many children born at the same time?
One: A single child born by a mother in any one pregnancyTwins: Fraternal (non-identical) twins: Two children born from separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm cells. Identical twins: Two children who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two
Triplets: Three children born from the separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm cells;
Quadruplets : Four children born from separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm cells
