Queen City Mothers of Twins Club ~ Twin Facts!

Most Sets of Twins
16 sets - Mrs. Fyodor Vassilyev (Russia, 1700s) (in addition to 7 sets of triplets,
and 4 sets of quads). The father remarried, and had more multiples (not sure how many).
15 sets - Mary Jonas (England?, 1800s) All were boy/girl.

Most Premature (All surviving)
22 weeks, 1 day (125 days early) - Kay and Nick Banski.

Lightest Total Birthweight (Both surviving)
24.5ozs (1lb 8.5ozs) - Courtney (12ozs) and Chloe (12.5ozs) Smith (Louisiana, March 1 2000).

Heaviest Total Birth Weight
27lbs 12ozs - Patricia Jane (14lbs) and John Prosser (13lbs 12ozs) Haskin (Arkansas, February 20 1924) born to Mary Ann Ward Haskin. Jane died Aug 3 2001.

Heaviest Twin (Single Baby)
14lbs - Patricia Jane Haskin (Arkansas, February 20 1924)

Longest Delayed Twin Birth (Both surviving)
95 days apart - Keys (Louisiana, 1994 and 1995)
93 days apart - unidentified (USA?, likely in recent years)

Oldest Set of Twins to Ever Live (Combined Ages)
105 and 111 years old (216 years 9 months+ combined) - Australia's Alice Smith Lindsay (d July 1 2004) & Eugenia Smith Collins (d Oct 8 1998) born March 31 1893.
107 and 108 years old (216 years 20 days combined) - Japan's Kin Narita (d January 23 2000) and Gin Kanie (d February 28 2001) born August 1 1892.
105 and 109 years old (214 years, 10 months+ combined) - Dale (d July 17 2004) and Glen Moyer (d April 2001) born in Ohio, June 20 1895).

Tallest Twins (Male)
7' 4" - Michael and James Lanier (Michigan, November 27 1969).

Tallest Twins (Female)
6' 6" - Ann and Claire Recht (Oregon, 1988).
6' 4 3/4" - Heather and Heidi Burge (California).

Shortest Twins (Male)
2' 6" (30") - Matjus and Bela Matina (Hungary, 1903 - 1935). They had primordial
dwarfism and appeared in the Wizard of Oz under the names Mike and Ike Rogers.
2' 10" (34") - John and Greg Rice (Florida, 1952).

Shortest Twins (Female)
4' 1" (49") - Dorene Williams and Darlene McGregor (California).

Longest Separated Twins
75 years - Iris Johns and Aro Campbell were separated from each other Jan 13 1914 and reunited 75 years later.

Most Identical (Contest Wins)
22 - John and William Reiff (Pennsylvania) won a record 22 titles in a most identical contest. They had a 13 year winning streak (57-96).

Twins Marrying Twins (Quarternary Marriage)
28 - I have recorded 28 instances of twins marrying twins, but I have seen a statistic claiming there are about 250 quarternary marriages in the world.

Facts About Multiples provided by Three Blue Stars' web site Facts About Multiples.