Do stupid questions run in your family?

If you have twins, you've been asked, "So, do twins run in your family?" If you've met someone who has twins, you've probably asked that question. Heck, I've probably asked that question.

And those with twins have probably been asked this question at least once a week. For those who've been parents of twins for more than 4 1/2 months, please tell me this question stops.

Here are some answers I've come up with.

1. They do now! [I tend to use this one the most.]
2. Not yet, they aren't even walking yet.
3. Do pointless questions run in your family? [Answer a question with a question, always a nice tactic.]
4. No, but we knew we'd have twins anyway. We figured our family was due.

Seriously, why does it matter? If they did run in my family, does that mean I would have bought a double stroller as soon as the pregnancy test came back positive? If they didn't run in my family, would I have lived in a state of denial until the birth, knowing there was NO WAY a family in which twins didn't run could possibly come up with twins!?

The full answer: Jamie's family has minimal history of twins (she has to dig back into great-grandparents and other very extended relatives before any twins show up in the family tree). There are a few twins on my mom's side of the family (my cousins are twins), but since I'm not the one producing two eggs in this relationship, my family history is completely irrelevant as to whether or not we're genetically likely to have twins.

One of the worst questions came at the hospital of all places. A nurse at the front desk actually asked, "Are they Clomid twins?"

Really?!? Who asks someone what method they used to conceive their children? And how do you respond? "Nope, we went au naturel. Lots of time in bed together, no meds needed to make these little guys happen."

There is one advantage to all of these twins questions. If you're someone whose wit is always a half-step too slow, don't worry. You'll have plenty of opportunities to refine your answer to the questions you will hear over and over and over...