Scientific Reasons Why Yoruba’s Have More Twins Than Any Other Tribe In Nigeria
In Yoruba land you can not count more than two households with out counting a twins, this can be attributed to many factors which are related to fetish believes and some of their traditional practices. Twin birth rates within the Yoruba tribe are said to be between 40-50 births per every 1,000 births. Which the scientific reason for this wonder is because the Yorubas have a high consumption of a particular type of yam that contains phytoestrogen.
This hormone causes the ovaries to release eggs from both sides, increasing the chances of a pregnancy that produces twin babies to 75%. Yoruba twins are now revered and given special names like Taiwo which means “the first to taste the world” and Kehinde, “the child that came behind gets the rights of the elder.”
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