# bush twins **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622 "2002-05-06T21:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/1 "2002-05-06T21:23:39Z")
I remember hearing that Pres. GW Bush’s twin girl were preemies. Does anyone know the story? How early? Did they have any medical problems? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/2 "2002-05-07T01:08:41Z")
I’m an identical twin. . . what are you implying? 🙂 Actually, most twins are premature and have some health problems, 22 days on average. They also weigh on average 5.5 oz instead of the single-birth average of 7.7 oz. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/3 "2002-05-07T03:10:21Z")
Google, “george bush twin daughters born prematurely”. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/e98/e1877.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/news/e98/e1877.htm) > [@](#): > > Born prematurely on Nov. 25, 1981, the fraternal twins were named for their grandmothers. > > ‘‘Barbara came first, then Jenna, and they were large for twins - 5 pounds, 4 ounces and 4 pounds, 12 ounces - both healthy,’’ the governor wrote in his autobiography, ‘‘A Charge to Keep.’’ Is there money riding on this? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/4 "2002-05-07T07:34:51Z")
[can’t comment about George’s daughters] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capybara \* > \*\*I’m an identical twin. . . what are you implying? 🙂 > Actually, most twins are premature and have some health problems, 22 days on average. They also weigh on average 5.5 oz instead of the single-birth average of 7.7 oz. \*\* My twin sons were 8 lbs 5 oz and 7 lbs 6 oz. How about them apples? 🙂 We were told at POMBA (Parents Of Multiple Births Association) that the average gestation for twins was 37 weeks (vs. 40 for single births), but that that was _not_ premature in the same way that a single birth baby would be at the same point (I asked to have that point clarified several times, since it didn’t make sense to me that multiple birth babies would mature earlier). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/5 "2002-05-07T13:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capybara \* > \*\*I’m an identical twin. . . what are you implying? 🙂 > Actually, most twins are premature and have some health problems, 22 days on average. They also weigh on average 5.5 oz instead of the single-birth average of 7.7 oz. \*\* I’m not implying anything. I’m just hoping “oz” should be “lb.” ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-twins/107622/6 "2002-05-07T16:33:38Z")
Ahem, well, um, yeah. How about 5 lbs and 5 oz? Such COMPLEX math was never my forte. Well.