You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets

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While searching for a kidney donor, Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. After undergoing genetic testing, it turned out that some of her cells had a completely different set of genes from the others. And this second set of genes belonged to her twin sister- who had never been born. How did this happen? Kayla Mandel Sheets explores the condition known as chimerism.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd2 жыл бұрын

    Download a free audiobook version of Brit Bennett’s bestselling novel, “The Vanishing Half” at www.audible.com/ted-ed and follow the story of separated identical twins Stella and Desiree as they grapple with how their past decisions have shaped their identities.

  • @manke2011

    @manke2011

    2 жыл бұрын

    dam thats crazy but what the dog doing?

  • @dollpartsgirl

    @dollpartsgirl

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@manke2011 no one knows

  • @Deuxice

    @Deuxice

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dollpartsgirl oh I know, I know!

  • @cgguto

    @cgguto

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Deuxice i realy need your help sir, now please awser my question, WHA DA DOG DOIN??

  • @abdillahfamilychannel8418

    @abdillahfamilychannel8418

    2 жыл бұрын

    So many I learned in short video.

  • @nevereverr
    @nevereverr2 жыл бұрын

    “Babe, I didn’t cheat! I’m just a chimera!”

  • @TEDEd

    @TEDEd

    2 жыл бұрын

    "This week on Maury!"

  • @patricksarama4963

    @patricksarama4963

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @broryku

    @broryku

    2 жыл бұрын

    BS

  • @MOLLY-006

    @MOLLY-006

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @aryatejc8067

    @aryatejc8067

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @jeanzhao3661
    @jeanzhao36612 жыл бұрын

    That story of a mother's liver growing back from her baby's stem cells is the most wholesome thing I've every seen. Returning the gift of life.

  • @nanaouzumaki6044

    @nanaouzumaki6044

    2 жыл бұрын

    i know. that story fascinated me too. I believe in supernatural heals and miracles because it is the undiscovered nature itself.

  • @kellydalstok8900

    @kellydalstok8900

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nanaouzumaki6044 Believing in the supernatural is just silly, as there is zero evidence for it.

  • @aleksitjvladica.

    @aleksitjvladica.

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is "wholesome" a rude word* or nice one?

  • @areyouallergictoawesomenes613

    @areyouallergictoawesomenes613

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aleksitjvladica. a very nice word

  • @echoesman3439

    @echoesman3439

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aleksitjvladica. I don't think I've ever seen "wholesome" rudely so yes, it is in fact a nice word. It's similar in meaning to what we would call "heartwarming" and (at least how I have seen and used it) is used to somehow convey that a situation gives a feeling of "emotional fullness" or something similar. At least that's how most of the stuff I have and have seen called "wholesome" made me feel.

  • @banana491
    @banana4912 жыл бұрын

    "So, who's your mom?" *"My mom was never born."*

  • @sebreb

    @sebreb

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah thats...weird to hear

  • @iAMjustAswiftie

    @iAMjustAswiftie

    7 күн бұрын

    @@sebreb hear*

  • @mad5161

    @mad5161

    7 күн бұрын

    LMAO😂 But technically your mom would live as a part of the mom who gave birth to you...

  • @AlbertoMenezesMusic
    @AlbertoMenezesMusic2 жыл бұрын

    "When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had RESORBED the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissue made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man AND a little baby." SCHRUTE, Dwight. It all makes sense now lol

  • @AlbertoMenezesMusic

    @AlbertoMenezesMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @-Breeze- "fortunately my feelings regenerate at twice the speed of a normal man's" SCHRUTE, Dwight

  • @goodnightmyprince6734

    @goodnightmyprince6734

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you a superhero?

  • @litchtheshinigami8936

    @litchtheshinigami8936

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean my mother had a miscarriage when she was pregnant with me.. i was still there but my twin was out of there..

  • @joannemaillet8843

    @joannemaillet8843

    2 жыл бұрын

    My son did that with his sibling!

  • @TheSmiaf

    @TheSmiaf

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@litchtheshinigami8936 you bully 😅

  • @Bakasta170
    @Bakasta1702 жыл бұрын

    It's mind blowing that even though her sister does not exist but has 2 biological children 🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @panda_invention1810

    @panda_invention1810

    2 жыл бұрын

    😭

  • @WatchMeDoStuff

    @WatchMeDoStuff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@priyanshusharma-grimhog lmao exactly what I thought

  • @vaishnavij5578

    @vaishnavij5578

    2 жыл бұрын

    eren yeager?????????

  • @samar7337

    @samar7337

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vaishnavij5578 yess

  • @vaishnavij5578

    @vaishnavij5578

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samar7337 tatakae

  • @TheOneWhoGetLeftBehind_Pluto
    @TheOneWhoGetLeftBehind_Pluto2 жыл бұрын

    When you realise: you are your twin, but you two are together

  • @Kenny2100vn

    @Kenny2100vn

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you one or two? Philosphical questions 🧐

  • @enderredacted112

    @enderredacted112

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Kenny2100vn there's an interesting experiment in patients whose right and left brain connections are severed. it is found that the right brain can act independently from the left, and at times patients describe their left sides disagreeing with their right. [like throwing an object out of their right side's hand] basically we are actually two, but the right brain can't express itself since it can't control speech its kinda weird to think about kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZqNxMmdn5vLXZs.html ah and right here's the video explaining it

  • @GuyThatWearsG12Suit

    @GuyThatWearsG12Suit

    2 жыл бұрын

    I art thou. Thou art I.

  • @022107

    @022107

    2 жыл бұрын

    Two halves of the same whole.

  • @skenderbegshala3247

    @skenderbegshala3247

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Kenny2100vn you are two in one

  • @Erika96
    @Erika962 жыл бұрын

    I had a fraternal twin who sadly passed away in the womb. I always knew I have absorbed some of them as a fetus because I have an extra tooth, but I didn't know that it could be this severe, I could have whole organs with their DNA.. crazy

  • @sriku1000

    @sriku1000

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can music save your mortal soul kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6mZ2syyZNa9pZc.html. Great watch!

  • @Ya_boi_khoi

    @Ya_boi_khoi

    Жыл бұрын

    My little brother, he absorbed his twin and gained a chromosome and lost chromosomes in some other things. It caused his organs to not fully develop. He was missing a lot of the vital organs. He’s organs were also flipped. He didn’t make it because he was missing those vital organs. But it was astonishing how much time we had with him. He also had extra fingers and toes. My mom got little plasters made of his little arms and legs and he had like an extra thumb and pinky toe 😆

  • @abu-karz

    @abu-karz

    6 ай бұрын

    You ate Eric, your bro

  • @theremix6664
    @theremix66642 жыл бұрын

    My second child is a chimera. When I was pregnant with her, I had a ghost sac or she had a ghost twin. And then it disappeared. The two sacs became one. My oldest and my youngest have a blood disorder. She doesn’t … she’s the only one.

  • @sandhyakhonde5237
    @sandhyakhonde52372 жыл бұрын

    "You could have a secret twin" My thoughts at 3 AM:

  • @neptuneseye7832

    @neptuneseye7832

    2 жыл бұрын

    "That twin could've cured cancer, made world peace, make our parents happier"

  • @NITHINNNEYYAN

    @NITHINNNEYYAN

    2 жыл бұрын

    its not yet 3 AM ,its just 10 PM, lier girl........

  • @sinamahboob379

    @sinamahboob379

    2 жыл бұрын

    It,s 20:45

  • @jeyoungryou3585

    @jeyoungryou3585

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NITHINNNEYYAN She could be in a different timezone.

  • @NITHINNNEYYAN

    @NITHINNNEYYAN

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeyoungryou3585 idts.

  • @grannyscookies5720
    @grannyscookies57202 жыл бұрын

    "You could have a secret twin" me to my twin sister: gurl, i think we're triplets-

  • @asha2755

    @asha2755

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @gameblock9853

    @gameblock9853

    2 жыл бұрын

    Quintuplets would be really cool.

  • @mee2556

    @mee2556

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gameblock9853 What if Quintuple is actually supposed to be Decuple?!? (Decuple is 10 twin)

  • @DefinitelyNotHidan

    @DefinitelyNotHidan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mee2556 Oh my Jashin, how many word are there for twins

  • @mee2556

    @mee2556

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DefinitelyNotHidan I only know 10 for now let me search it up, The central African country of Benin has the highest national average of twinning, with a whopping 27.9 twins per 1,000 births, the researchers added. Don't know if this is true but it's from Google. (this is how many twins that was birthed, idk how many possible twin at the same time) (my English today is terrible)

  • @free2express08
    @free2express082 жыл бұрын

    Mind-blowing. Can you imagine how many times in history this has happened without us knowing? How many family trees are in fact inaccurate?

  • @lightyagami3492

    @lightyagami3492

    Ай бұрын

    For sure. It's crossed my mind because I do genealogy.

  • @princesse.561

    @princesse.561

    26 күн бұрын

    To be fair, the kids still share the same set of grandparents from the parent who have chimerism.

  • @mollygriffin5474
    @mollygriffin54742 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having 2 kids without being born.

  • @TayWoode

    @TayWoode

    Ай бұрын

    You can’t imagine it coz you wouldn’t have been born to know about it 😉

  • @FanficDayDreams

    @FanficDayDreams

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@TayWoode haha then imagine being born when your biological mom was never born

  • @brittmichels2
    @brittmichels22 жыл бұрын

    The mother can in this way get to know her unborn sister in some way, by observing her own children. Sad but beautiful.

  • @justjailibee

    @justjailibee

    2 жыл бұрын

    genetics… kinda feels like magic :0

  • @Red_MOON187

    @Red_MOON187

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@justjailibee Well, they are cool and mysterious.

  • @justjailibee

    @justjailibee

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Red_MOON187 it’s magic that can be explained by science haha

  • @kanyebreast6072

    @kanyebreast6072

    2 жыл бұрын

    But how do we know which traits are her sisters, and which traits are just the child's own characteristics?

  • @kantanacullen9992

    @kantanacullen9992

    2 жыл бұрын

    *GHOST TWINS*

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions52802 жыл бұрын

    "you are NOT the father" crowds scream, dudes life ruined (just ended up being chimerism and maurys test wasnt able to pick it up)

  • @shobhitsamuelekka4128

    @shobhitsamuelekka4128

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂 i was going to write about the same thing

  • @adirbarak5256

    @adirbarak5256

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shobhitsamuelekka4128 same here

  • @kiriki4558

    @kiriki4558

    2 жыл бұрын

    Emotionaly damaged maybe, but not ruined.

  • @lalakuma9

    @lalakuma9

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maury has blood on his hands SMH

  • @blazingfire7517

    @blazingfire7517

    2 жыл бұрын

    “You are the uncle”

  • @sworishina
    @sworishina2 жыл бұрын

    It's kind of beautiful to think of a baby's cells healing their mother many years later.

  • @__thingamajig
    @__thingamajig2 жыл бұрын

    so happy for the lady whose liver started regenerating, it's like her unborn baby left her one last token of love 😭💕💌

  • @GurunathHirve

    @GurunathHirve

    Ай бұрын

    We don't know whether that baby was born or not.

  • @katherineknapp4370

    @katherineknapp4370

    26 күн бұрын

    I agree 😊

  • @isabelberg3171
    @isabelberg31712 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother has that. She has 2 different eye colours, a leg length discremency, and has 2 different shades of skin with a distinct line.

  • @idmeghaburnwal

    @idmeghaburnwal

    2 жыл бұрын

    Woah ..

  • @Ruthavecflute

    @Ruthavecflute

    2 жыл бұрын

    Facinating! Has she ever ha any kind of genetic testiing done?

  • @isabelberg3171

    @isabelberg3171

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not quite sure, yet I'll ask next time I have a chance.

  • @mallucommenter4071

    @mallucommenter4071

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @YellRundum

    @YellRundum

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please update us on this! Id love to know more about this

  • @rushilpatel7418
    @rushilpatel74182 жыл бұрын

    I doubt we can ever repay the knowledge this channel has given to the world Edit: thanks for the likes people!

  • @wiseferret4745

    @wiseferret4745

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't repay. Pay it forward.

  • @NITHINNNEYYAN

    @NITHINNNEYYAN

    2 жыл бұрын

    ok i will give my no, you pay me please........

  • @sumvivus6199

    @sumvivus6199

    2 жыл бұрын

    True. I feel so educated after watching these, even tho I'm gonna fogret about this like... 2 days later

  • @flameify8285

    @flameify8285

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Samarth Mali can you name some. I want more content like this

  • @div_100

    @div_100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@flameify8285 CrashCourse it is for more "specific" stuff but it got da spirit- I learnt a lot of computer science stuff from there

  • @thaliagrace6631
    @thaliagrace66312 жыл бұрын

    Imagine what the mother would have felt, giving birth to two of her sister's kids and then realizing she is the sister herself.

  • @ClumsyCloud
    @ClumsyCloud2 жыл бұрын

    I find this extremely interesting because I was a triplet and I absorbed my triplets. I always wondered what would happen if they were born.

  • @mig_mikoyan

    @mig_mikoyan

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's wild. You're 3x human. You're probably like 18 feet tall then

  • @kruggyy

    @kruggyy

    2 жыл бұрын

    the power you hold

  • @Fleta_Maughner

    @Fleta_Maughner

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh how powerful are you

  • @denvilli9063

    @denvilli9063

    2 жыл бұрын

    YOUR 3 HUMANS ONE

  • @denvilli9063

    @denvilli9063

    2 жыл бұрын

    its like winning 3 prizes from the claw machine in one try

  • @effiethefey
    @effiethefey2 жыл бұрын

    This is insane! Nature really is fascinating! 😲

  • @ati832

    @ati832

    2 жыл бұрын

    nature no nature is not real it dont exist try god instead.

  • @python3389

    @python3389

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ati832 ikr like how tf does nature do that if it's not even alive

  • @Luffy_wastaken

    @Luffy_wastaken

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is nature fascinating? _naturally._

  • @ForAnAngel

    @ForAnAngel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@python3389 Things happen by chance.

  • @ForAnAngel

    @ForAnAngel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ati832 Why would god make a chimera?

  • @bhagyshreetambe5060
    @bhagyshreetambe50602 жыл бұрын

    Stem cell form baby regenerating the liver of mother seemed like a child rescuing mother in trouble, really wholesome ☺️

  • @Tvde1

    @Tvde1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro it's cells

  • @bhagyshreetambe5060

    @bhagyshreetambe5060

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Tvde1 Stem cells are responsible for the formation of each and every single cell in the baby

  • @NoirRaven

    @NoirRaven

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's also stories of people regenerating cut off fingers using stem cells from fetuses. It's literally a miracle cure for almost anything.

  • @sabitrapathak3351

    @sabitrapathak3351

    2 жыл бұрын

    Went looking for this comment haha, found it!

  • @lynnd.d1695

    @lynnd.d1695

    2 жыл бұрын

    *the parasite is keeping its host alive*

  • @sabinajoh
    @sabinajoh2 жыл бұрын

    How would you determine which genome is actually yours? If the separate genomes can be spread throughout the body in different places which would you say is the twin?

  • @ClumsyCloud

    @ClumsyCloud

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering the same thing, since wouldn’t there be an even amount of each?

  • @cabji

    @cabji

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ClumsyCloud i think the video said cell levels can differ from organ to organ. some organs may only have 1 type of genome, but another organ can have a mixture. maybe they can test and identify which genome is most common and class that as "your" genome in these cases?

  • @samanthac.349

    @samanthac.349

    Ай бұрын

    I say two genomes, but still one person. They can’t be separated without killing the person.

  • @molybdaen11
    @molybdaen112 жыл бұрын

    Thats so cool. Imagine your liver is failing and your long born child is like: "I will never let you die, mother" and heals you all alone.

  • @inceleni
    @inceleni2 жыл бұрын

    stories like this really make me feel like I carry a whole universe within me

  • @SyedHanzalaAlam

    @SyedHanzalaAlam

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed you do

  • @sophiemarie6585

    @sophiemarie6585

    2 жыл бұрын

    i love this comment so much

  • @laur3321

    @laur3321

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok super random, but reading your comment gave me déjà vu, like your picture and everything it was weird😂

  • @flames4856

    @flames4856

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laur3321 Same !!!

  • @dandywaysofliving

    @dandywaysofliving

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're made of things that came from stars compounded many times over. You experience light that will one day consume the earth. . There is knowledge in light and within you that only you can understand. . It's like deja vu You've seen yourself somewhere you don't know when or where until it snaps and it's gone. . Light particles follow a rhythm/pattern until observed too closely. . With that logic. If u don't pay too much attention you can set of neurons in a way that seems like a premonition. You are here and then, but are u now? Or there.

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    “The genes that make us who we are” sounds like a Levi’s commercial.

  • @mariaperez-rz8eg

    @mariaperez-rz8eg

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @truecatholic8692

    @truecatholic8692

    2 жыл бұрын

    The unique ones given to a baby at conception.

  • @codiceblu5566

    @codiceblu5566

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most underrated comment! 🤣🤣

  • @vighneshchavan9226

    @vighneshchavan9226

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seems legit

  • @yurimessiah

    @yurimessiah

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 💀💀

  • @guillaumem9953
    @guillaumem99532 жыл бұрын

    I also heard about this story. Genetics is just incredible! I’m twin, he/she just died in the first stades of the pregnancy :/

  • @natachalola8661
    @natachalola86612 жыл бұрын

    It can be mentally complicated to raise you’re unborn sister’s child… It can also be complicated to live with the fact that you would have a twin! Your life would be sooo different 😶

  • @inzomniacZz
    @inzomniacZz2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being an unknown chimera and ending up on Maury show. "You are NOT the father! You're an uncle tho"

  • @just-A.randomdude

    @just-A.randomdude

    2 жыл бұрын

    "uncle?? But I'm an only child"

  • @Tokuijin

    @Tokuijin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually, it makes you wonder how many of those might've been the case

  • @ramenomirice2767

    @ramenomirice2767

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Tokuijin not much . Males can easily take the DNA test .And even if the child is their many males just run away

  • @weeniehutjr9977

    @weeniehutjr9977

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ramenomirice2767 what are you talking about

  • @prdaher

    @prdaher

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ramenomirice2767 What you just said doesn't even make sense

  • @dinmir865
    @dinmir8652 жыл бұрын

    Biology is so interesting, i really love it.

  • @xionnation9932

    @xionnation9932

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same 😌

  • @shimpiyaa

    @shimpiyaa

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @ornevaeh9375

    @ornevaeh9375

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKKVp8hup6eTfKw.html

  • @mrsprite399

    @mrsprite399

    2 жыл бұрын

    Overall science is very very interesting

  • @holysong2099

    @holysong2099

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ornevaeh9375 bruh

  • @naobwv3633
    @naobwv36332 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous animation, good job to whoever was in charge of that !

  • @jjelliott2590
    @jjelliott25902 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. I got chills after it was revealed.

  • @sofoboachie5221
    @sofoboachie52212 жыл бұрын

    Holy Cow there’s just so much we don’t know about ourselves even after all these years of technological advances

  • @sofoboachie5221

    @sofoboachie5221

    2 жыл бұрын

    @A curious Jaggi Okay Einstein

  • @kolawolegbolahan935

    @kolawolegbolahan935

    2 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts as well... what we dont know is a whole universe of knowledge

  • @kalv7444

    @kalv7444

    2 жыл бұрын

    @A curious Jaggi we don’t care

  • @akshatmishra8537

    @akshatmishra8537

    2 жыл бұрын

    We cant study billions of years of evolution in mere hundreds of years

  • @nenoneno4332

    @nenoneno4332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sofoboachie5221 "And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little." Qura'an

  • @ludoviajante
    @ludoviajante2 жыл бұрын

    Any day Ted-Ed posts a video is a good day. Much love from Brazil!

  • @kamikkaze5164

    @kamikkaze5164

    2 жыл бұрын

    The best day IS the day Ted-ed and Ludoviajante both posts videos Love from Brazil ;D

  • @its_not_lux

    @its_not_lux

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kamikkaze5164 We get it, you can write grammatically correct sentences. Get off your high horse ;D

  • @HelgaCavoli

    @HelgaCavoli

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@its_not_lux Read it again, it wasn't a correction, it was a compliment.

  • @Pock4855

    @Pock4855

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ludo again

  • @its_not_lux

    @its_not_lux

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HelgaCavoli looks like someone's gonna get laid in college.

  • @Akui2023
    @Akui20232 жыл бұрын

    "sweetie i dont cheat to your father its my twin" child: but mommy your twin was never born mom:😱😱

  • @doodlebloom_
    @doodlebloom_ Жыл бұрын

    okay but this animation style is genuinely beautiful? i dont know how to describe it it's just so . flowy and almost ethereal in a way. its mesmerizing

  • @zachkhoo7134
    @zachkhoo71342 жыл бұрын

    “I believe his tissues has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.” -Dwight Schrute

  • @graypaint

    @graypaint

    2 жыл бұрын

    omfg I totally forgot that Dwight claimed he absorbed his twin's cells or something (purportedly) outrageous like that when it was in fact.... the truth..... 👀

  • @blackmber

    @blackmber

    2 жыл бұрын

    At 2:00 I realized we underestimated the strength of a little baby Edit: Also, didn't he get a DNA test for his son, which said he wasn't the father?

  • @alkasaket379
    @alkasaket3792 жыл бұрын

    What if my mom is my aunt? *becomes paranoid for the rest of my life* Thanks Ted-ed!

  • @zaytaz9331

    @zaytaz9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @itsDhiran

    @itsDhiran

    2 жыл бұрын

    And she has no sister...lol...

  • @SyedHanzalaAlam

    @SyedHanzalaAlam

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Amit_Pirate

    @Amit_Pirate

    2 жыл бұрын

    LoL

  • @Amit_Pirate

    @Amit_Pirate

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alkasaket379 just kidding

  • @NynNahh
    @NynNahh2 жыл бұрын

    I just want to say, this video is BEAUTIFULLY animated. I absolutely loved it.

  • @ohrats731
    @ohrats7312 жыл бұрын

    Makes me wonder if people I know who look very different from their parents have a parent with chimerism. Fascinating!

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff2 жыл бұрын

    By the title alone I think a new fear is unlocked 😅

  • @mrjoe332

    @mrjoe332

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gaining a brand new fear is when you know found a great science video

  • @NITHINNNEYYAN

    @NITHINNNEYYAN

    2 жыл бұрын

    dont judge book by cover.......

  • @RixMorales

    @RixMorales

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your ghost twin trying to take over your body 👻

  • @salamanderred8148

    @salamanderred8148

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, yes. As TED ED Watcher, now I am confused. My wife and child to be born, during the first months, had another little heart beat and another little "baby room?" I dunno the medical term, one bigger with an obvious heart beat detected, the smaller one has vague heartbeat. The next 2 weeks we check, there is only one heart beat and one "baby room". Is my baby to born going to be like this too?

  • @mrjoe332

    @mrjoe332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@salamanderred8148 oh well. Now at least you know what might have happened. Also I hope everything goes smoothly and as easily as possible for you and for them. And lot of happiness in the future

  • @ripmorld9909
    @ripmorld99092 жыл бұрын

    Injecting your own baby’s stem cell to regenerate organ sounds like a technology with huge potentials .

  • @exp-io853

    @exp-io853

    2 жыл бұрын

    😳😳😳 im excited fr that to actually happen..but id probably be dead b that time

  • @yagomizuma2275

    @yagomizuma2275

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@exp-io853 well it exist according to my science teacher, and can be obtained by the umbilical cord

  • @exp-io853

    @exp-io853

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yagomizuma2275 biology has so much in it..its crazy than i thought 😭

  • @left4twenty

    @left4twenty

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seems like its mostly effective during pregnancy. Normally when random cells show up in your body, your immune system destroys them. The immune system of pregnant women is compromised specifically so that their immune system doesn't destroy the fetal cells growing in them. Once in post-partum though, the immune system gets back to normal, and destroys any foreign cells left behind *usually*. The instances of them surviving are rare, and the liver is a bit of a special organ in that it naturally can regenerate anyways. It's certainly promising, but there's alot to consider risk wise. What if when you go off the immunesuppressants, some number of peoples bodies recognize the foreign cells and destroy their shiny new organ

  • @hahalord7294

    @hahalord7294

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@left4twenty I'm not an expert but can we modify something in our body to prevent them from destroying the stem cells?

  • @Lil_Angel_Films
    @Lil_Angel_Films2 жыл бұрын

    My big sister said she use to have a twin in our mum's womb but somehow disappeared. Maybe my sister is a chimera. BUT to find out if it's true I guess I'll have to wait probably 4 decades.

  • @concretekebab
    @concretekebab2 жыл бұрын

    This art style is absolutely amazing-

  • @bottomless_pit
    @bottomless_pit2 жыл бұрын

    The story of the mother's liver regenarating really moved me since I lost my mom to liver failure due to cancer ,wish that knowledge could be used to help people

  • @cfromnowhere
    @cfromnowhere2 жыл бұрын

    House MD has an episode about chimerism. At the time when the series was shot, chimerism was considered very rare.

  • @ongatm

    @ongatm

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was think about it too! That episode in which a child sees aliens because of chimerism it is one of my favourite episode of the serie

  • @lordrefrigeratorintercoole288

    @lordrefrigeratorintercoole288

    2 жыл бұрын

    well it is not so rare actualy

  • @isabelhuang_1

    @isabelhuang_1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ongatm A child sees- HUH? I THOUGHT HOUSE WAS A MEDICAL SHOW?

  • @oskarhenriksen

    @oskarhenriksen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@isabelhuang_1 [spoiler alert] It's a type of hallucination or similar. Edit: The aliens, not that House MD is a medical show

  • @oskarhenriksen

    @oskarhenriksen

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking about that episode too, but I can't remember why it caused him to see aliens

  • @dbv0009
    @dbv00092 жыл бұрын

    This was sooo beautifully made !!!!! . The animations and the narration are just too good !

  • @shayslonim
    @shayslonim2 жыл бұрын

    I love the sound of this video! The background music and the sound effects! It's so relaxing! And with the comination of the video it was spectacular! Please do more videos like that!

  • @Gigawolf1
    @Gigawolf12 жыл бұрын

    TED-ED: "You could have a secret twin!" Me: "Is this about Chimerism?" TED-ED: "But not the way you think!" Me: "Guess not then"

  • @imnotadogbutihaveflower-ph6309

    @imnotadogbutihaveflower-ph6309

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kreeper yeah I heard about this too

  • @somebody867

    @somebody867

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kreeper I am a science student and I absolutely love it but bruh common stop keeping such thoughts that the ones who know science are always smart..... it's kinda non sense not to be rude...

  • @somerandomperson3970

    @somerandomperson3970

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@somebody867 Betcha he's a Discord admin

  • @aceanimations3214

    @aceanimations3214

    2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know the name, but guessed it was something like this. I guess I get half a point.

  • @FibonacciPasta
    @FibonacciPasta2 жыл бұрын

    I just wanna say, I really love the animation!

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    @carlrunefelt3304

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @RickusDomesticus
    @RickusDomesticus2 жыл бұрын

    So that's why I had an imaginary friend back in my childhood. I haven't even able able to read back then, and suddenly spitted out a person name which my parent don't even recognize, and even playin with him.. damn I wish I could remember more about my childhood

  • @xXx_Regulus_xXx
    @xXx_Regulus_xXx2 жыл бұрын

    1:33 show this to that loathsome person in your life who calls unborn children "parasites." A parasite doesn't rejuvenate its host's failing organs.

  • @miguelgibbs

    @miguelgibbs

    Жыл бұрын

    I hate when people do that

  • @marbleb33s

    @marbleb33s

    29 күн бұрын

    By definition a fetus IS parasitic in nature. It can't survive outside of the host, it needs the host nutrients and it will die when the host dies. Simple as that. Facts over feelings ;). A clump of cells will never be as important as the person who can carry those cells to term.

  • @meditatio2668
    @meditatio26682 жыл бұрын

    Wow, having an unborn person's child must be tremendous. Nature always surprises us.

  • @waterunderthebridge7950
    @waterunderthebridge79502 жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard of fetal cells regenerating maternal tissue before. It would be such a useful treatment for so many degenerative diseases! Sadly, toti-/pluri-/oligopotent cells will much more frequently cause tumorous growths rather than target and regenerate damaged tissue as we currently do not have a sufficiently in depth grasp of all the signaling and differentiation going on as well as just the general biology of “stem cells”

  • @Sammy052
    @Sammy0522 жыл бұрын

    The possibility of this makes me think I'm not alone. I was never alone. Thank you for sharing this info

  • @hritikvaishnav603
    @hritikvaishnav6032 жыл бұрын

    Great. Just 2 days ago I was watching a documentary about hand transplants which got me wondering, what happens to a person's DNA when they get an organ from another person. And KZread recommended me the answer today.

  • @yamenk1280
    @yamenk12802 жыл бұрын

    I really need to do further studies on this. I always wondered why I am slightly dual toned, like almost my left half is just so subtly a different shade of skin. I'm also slightly asymmetrical, and recently I was wondering about whether I'd absorbed a twin during my development. In fact, I asked my mother "Was I a twin during the first terms of the pregnancy?" And considering she didn't know anything about a twin, I might need to do some investigation! :D

  • @kashutosh9132

    @kashutosh9132

    Жыл бұрын

    So are you twin?

  • @MCPT59
    @MCPT592 жыл бұрын

    The animation and music for this one is especially stellar. Excellent job and fascinating info

  • @kristythomas2919
    @kristythomas29192 жыл бұрын

    My husband has three different colors of hair... Mostly brown hair, but also some blonde and red. Blink, blink. When I was pregnant with my son, I could have sworn there was a twin... Now that I know that so many pregnancies start of as twins, maybe I was right. I had no idea!

  • @Bloss3m22
    @Bloss3m22 Жыл бұрын

    3:48 is the power house of the cell

  • @mrjoe332
    @mrjoe3322 жыл бұрын

    The animations are always amazing, but this is incredibly charming.

  • @adelynemisha3724
    @adelynemisha37242 жыл бұрын

    The animation is superb ❤️

  • @jaygibby4210
    @jaygibby42102 жыл бұрын

    Very simply put. Thanks

  • @boredgamergurl9642
    @boredgamergurl96422 жыл бұрын

    This is really smooth and cool art.

  • @outside8312
    @outside83122 жыл бұрын

    Wait what!? I absorbed my twin... So my kids could actually be my nephews and nieces!?

  • @zennal2021

    @zennal2021

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, they could be your nephews or nieces

  • @FELONIOUSBOLUSS

    @FELONIOUSBOLUSS

    2 жыл бұрын

    YOU MURDERER!! POLIIIICEEE!!!

  • @ornevaeh9375

    @ornevaeh9375

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKKVp8hup6eTfKw.html

  • @yargg

    @yargg

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've never heard of me having a twin but I do have heterochromia... Hmm.

  • @melontusk7358
    @melontusk73582 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised Karen didn't ask to see the manager of genomes.

  • @annabellewen6142

    @annabellewen6142

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jesus christ!

  • @shamikh5301

    @shamikh5301

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmaooo

  • @imnotadogbutihaveflower-ph6309

    @imnotadogbutihaveflower-ph6309

    2 жыл бұрын

    So true

  • @zukoshonor4557
    @zukoshonor45572 жыл бұрын

    Everything is fine untill you found out your mom had a twin sister who was born.

  • @yingjiawan2514
    @yingjiawan25142 жыл бұрын

    This is truly mind-blowing knowledge to obtain. Thank you for the thorough introduction about this phenomenon. I’m particularly astonished to learn that the rate of twin conception is 1/8!!! More people should learn about this as it could change the societal perception about inheritance and genetics.

  • @swatipragyanraj3948
    @swatipragyanraj39482 жыл бұрын

    I am learning biology everyday with some new facts . It's really unpredictable. Thanks for the extra knowledge ❤️

  • @katieyu9374
    @katieyu93742 жыл бұрын

    The amount of chills I got from the beginning omg, this is fascinating, thank you for teaching us all about chimerism! ❤️

  • @Jayesh_Ishaan
    @Jayesh_Ishaan2 жыл бұрын

    The animation is absolutely fantastic Great job to the animator

  • @snoopiestdog
    @snoopiestdog Жыл бұрын

    this video is so educational aesthetic and calming

  • @ohno3729
    @ohno37292 жыл бұрын

    That is so cool. Also the way the animations flowed in this video was enchanting

  • @wasimshaikh1665
    @wasimshaikh16652 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. We think we know everything about ourselves yet there are mysteries yet to be explored. Thank you Ted, this was a great video.

  • @DerpxGames
    @DerpxGames2 жыл бұрын

    This video and editing is godly

  • @Fionacle
    @Fionacle2 жыл бұрын

    Just wanna say, I LOVE this video’s art style!!

  • @Hoozelfitz
    @Hoozelfitz2 жыл бұрын

    This was a fascinating watch. I was truly in awe at such a neat find, but the animation wonderfully pulled everything together like an extra gift to the viewers.

  • @aidanrogers4438
    @aidanrogers44382 жыл бұрын

    ‘As many of you know, I ate my twin sister in utero. So on my birthday, I try to remember I'm a winner. This one's for you, Connie.’ - Señor Chang

  • @andreatavaglione6459
    @andreatavaglione64592 жыл бұрын

    the art in this video was gorgeous.

  • @ihcneyugn
    @ihcneyugn2 жыл бұрын

    Woah, these voice and artwork just so chill 🧚‍♀️

  • @tashibalampkin8555
    @tashibalampkin85552 жыл бұрын

    I had to watch this video multiple time because the story, animation, and music are all experiences. Great experiences. 1:01 is my favorite part. The split of the person and the music is just an amazing pair.

  • @korachoi1976
    @korachoi19762 жыл бұрын

    One of the most interesting topics I've ever seen on TED Also, love the animation!!

  • @PeachFlavoredAutism
    @PeachFlavoredAutism2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating video! I’m also quite in love with animation and art style.

  • @KiyaNene
    @KiyaNene2 жыл бұрын

    I loved the art style of this!

  • @tripletoruses
    @tripletoruses2 жыл бұрын

    Ted-ed: "(but not the way you think)" me: oh, so not chimerism? Ted-ed: "chimerism" ... 💨

  • @prettyvacant3605

    @prettyvacant3605

    2 жыл бұрын

    My twin was stillborn so iimmediately thought "hey this relates to me" Only to find a whole lotta of scientific mumbo jumbo that is well over my head 😐

  • @T.H.E.O.R.Y.
    @T.H.E.O.R.Y.2 жыл бұрын

    That is so cool and amazing. I hope Ms. Keegan got the help she needed, though. Astounding animation as always; really great stuff.

  • @isha7079
    @isha70792 жыл бұрын

    Videos like these is the reason why I don't shut up aboth things I learn about here ...it's sooo mind blowing

  • @catsseighteen4365
    @catsseighteen43652 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely fascinating

  • @ihopemorepeace1
    @ihopemorepeace12 жыл бұрын

    I was a little spooked when I saw this because my twin wasn't born. I used to tell everyone when I was a kid but it was dismissed as a joke and I only remembered it recently. My therapist said it was actually common and that sometimes the twin who was born mourns the absence of the other, which is my case. I thought this video was going to talk about that and felt a little scared but now I see it mentioned this in a more scientific take. It was interesting to know. I hope I have something of my sibling to carry along with me, even if it's a single cell.

  • @aymil1034
    @aymil10342 жыл бұрын

    let's take a moment to appreciate the beautiful animation❤️

  • @aftersexhighfives
    @aftersexhighfives2 жыл бұрын

    I was a twin until 9 weeks and then I absorbed my twin best the doctor could see. My mom never bled. I have often wondered if I was a chimera. No real reason to test and not even sure how to ask for that.

  • @deeksha116
    @deeksha1162 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god!! This new set of information is opening a new dimension for me to think 🤯.

  • @melp3736
    @melp37362 жыл бұрын

    The animation is absolutely stunning!! Especially love the animation of the progression from zygote to foetus!

  • @goomee
    @goomee2 жыл бұрын

    The animation in this video was beautiful. Amazing job Murilo Jardim and Luisa Copetti

  • @missyyjayy2087
    @missyyjayy20872 жыл бұрын

    This is the coolest video I’ve watched for all of 2021

  • @varungour9088
    @varungour90882 жыл бұрын

    Best video ever seen on KZread!.. subscribed!...

  • @francesleones4973
    @francesleones49732 жыл бұрын

    This is fascinating and it made me think of what my Mom told me about my own twin who never made it to term. Whenever I didn't finish a meal growing up, our housekeeper used to say that I was saving the food for my twin.

  • @xionnation9932
    @xionnation99322 жыл бұрын

    Whooooaaaa 🤯🤯🤯I love this one, it’s incredible! The animation, the music, that person’s voice it’s was all so smooth, so futuristic yet elegant. 🤌🏾 I 100% understood everything because of how the video was. I really feel like I learned something now. Thank you I got to learn about Chimerism ☺️ you guys should make all your video like this one.

  • @thedduck
    @thedduck2 жыл бұрын

    This is fascinating. Oh how I love this channel. 🙂