Heterozygous parents have the same odds of identical twins as the general population.
Identical twins do not run in families and, therefore, twinning is not related to genetics. Comparisons among different ethnic groups rule out an ethnic cause-no difference.
Only mother's age correlates with twinning: the older the mother, the greater the likelihood.
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Fraternal twins share most of their genetic material, by virtue of having the same parents. Identical twins, however, by definition share 100% of their DNA. This means, for example, that identical twins cannot ever be one of each gender, as fraternal twins often are.
Well, as an identical twin myself, I believe there is a one out of twelve chance of having identical twins, although, I'm not 100% sure....
Women who are themselves fraternal twins have a 10% chance of producing twins, identical twin women have only a 0.6% probability of having a twin birth.
congruent, equivalent, identical, equal are some possibilities.
I believe the chances of having the same birthday as one of your parents is: 1 out of 183 and the chances of having the same birthday as both parents is: 1 out of 133,225