'Twinverclyde': 17 sets of twins to start school in one Scottish authority

[rpannier]

Seventeen sets of twins will start primary school in one Scottish local authority next week, the second largest number on record.

Schools in Inverclyde will welcome the twins for the first time on Friday 18 August, in an area that has colloquially become known as “Twinverclyde”.

In 2015, a record 19 sets of twins started primary education in the region.

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Last year, six sets of twins joined the year 8 group at St Mary’s college in Northern Ireland.
In 2017, five sets of twins started at Hillcrest primary school in Bristol.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/11/twinverclyde-17-sets-of-twins-to-start-school-in-one-scottish-authority

[Think. Again.]

1. There doesn't seem to be...

...any background on why this area of Scotland is producing such copious amounts of a biology anamoly which is much more rare in the general human population.

Are parents of twins moving into that area from far and wide for some reason?

Or is there some historical biologic trait concentrated there?

Or is something else going on?

It seems with a mystery like this, the news reporting is missing it's mark by focusing the writing on the fact that these children, like any and all children, will be attending school.

[mopinko]

2. i def want to know why.

but i can easily imagine it’s just a quirk of a small, static population.
like how we figured out a lot about genetics by studying amish communities.

[Grey]

4. and there seems to be only 8 or 9 boys

in the group? Shouldn't the number of boys be closer to 15 or 16?

[SheilaAnn]

3. I'm going to throw in how precious they all look, beautiful children. n/t

[Donkees]

5. Twins peak with more born than ever before ...

12 March 2021

More twins are being born than ever before but the world may now have reached peak twin, researchers say.

About 1.6 million twins are born each year worldwide, with one in every 42 children born a twin.

The number of twins born per thousand deliveries is now particularly high in Europe and North America - and worldwide it's gone from nine per 1,000 deliveries to 12.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56365422

Inverclyde
Council Area Profile

Population Estimates
Last updated: July 2022
Likely next update: September 2023

Mid-2021 Population Estimates by Council Area in Scotland

On 30 June 2021, the population of Inverclyde was 76,700. This is a decrease of 0.5% from 77,060 in 2020. Over the same period, the population of Scotland increased by 0.3%.

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In 2022, there were 654 births in Inverclyde. This is an increase of 8.1% from 605 births in 2021. Of these 654 births, 322 (49.2%) were female and 332 (50.8%) were male.

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/council-area-data-sheets/inverclyde-council-profile.html