In The Womb: Identical Twins Preview

National Geographic is back with another episode in their fascinating series, In The Womb: Identical Twins. The show will premiere on Sunday, December 21 at 9pm on National Geographic, check local listings for details.

I was privileged to receive an advanced copy of the show to view and write about for my site. Being a huge fan of the previous installments of the series, I was very excited to see what this episode had to offer. I was not disappointed, the show was amazing and fascinating providing a look into one of natures great mysteries.

In The Womb: Identical Twins, again provides amazing imagery obtained through 4-D ultrasounds. The show follows the development of twins from conception through birth (and beyond), including detailed looks at the moment when the blastocyst splits into two, the impact of where the fertilized egg implants in the uterus, and how the genes each is born with impacts the similarities in their appearance, personality and sexual preferences.

A couple of the twins followed that I found particularly fascinating were a 40 year old female identical twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families, their similarities were astounding, also a set of identical twin boys who didn’t seem so identical, one seems to have been born with a growth disorder. It was neat to see where the differences come in with twins and where their similarities lie. It really makes you wonder a little about nature.

Visit the In The Womb website for more details, and be sure to tune in Sunday, December 21st at 9pm ET/PT to check out this amazing new installment in the series.