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(02-18-2023, 12:45 PM)DE_66 Wrote: HB and Ginger could very well have been 1/2 brother littermates with 2 different fathers while White Face was Ginger's half-brother with the same father from a different mother. And as you said in a different post, lions develop differently so HB, G, and White Face could have all been littermates with 3 different fathers with White Face's different combo of genes causing him to develop faster (hybrid vigor)
From wikipedia:
"This is an extremely rare occurrence in humans and is known as heteropaternal superfecundation. We don't know exactly how often this occurs and cases only arise when suspicious family members request DNA testing. But one study estimated that it might occur in as many as one in 400 (0.25%) twin births in the US"
Sounds like very rare even yet you are talking about it like it is commonly happening all around...