MATR Newsletters

Back issues of MATR's newsletter, "Twin Matters," can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download it free by going to Adobe's website. When you view the downloaded newsletters in Adobe Acrobat, you will have to magnify the text in some area to read it. Do this by accessing the pull-down menu for "Views" and using one of the "zoom" features or by selecting the magnifying glass icon and outlining the area you want to enlarge.

Volume XIV 2007 (PDF file)

Volume XIII 2006 (PDF file)

Volume XII 2005 (PDF file)

Volume XI 2004 (PDF file)

Volume X 2003 (PDF file)

Volume IX 2002 (Word file)

Volume VIII 2002 (PDF file)

Volume VII 2001 (PDF file)

Includes Annual Study Update, and a message from our Directors.

Volume VI 2001 (PDF file)

Includes MATR twin profiles, Multiples Day at Kings Dominion, and announcements of upcoming studies.

Volume V 2000 (PDF file)

Updates on research with MATR twins, privacy policy information, and MATR crossword puzzle.

Volume IV 2000 (PDF file)

Includes a focus on twin registries and research from around the world and information on the development of the MATR's privacy policy.

Volume III 1999 (PDF file)

Updates on research studies in which MATR twins are participating and stories about twins.

Volume II 1998 (PDF file)

Stories on conjoined twins, resources for twins (books and web sites), twin facts.

Volume I 1997 (PDF file)

Updates on research studies in which MATR twins are participating, news about registry expansion, twin responses to surveys.

Books About Twins

Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us about Human Behavior, Nancy L. Segal. Published by EP Dutton, 1999

Nancy Segal, a twin and the director of the Twins Study Center at California State University, Fullerton, describes findings from scientific research on twins as well as unique experiences that occur as twins develop. She includes stories about reunions of separated twins, the effect of a twin's death on his or her co-twin, the impact of fertility treatments on multiple births, and more . 

The Book of Twins: A Celebration in Words and Pictures, Debra Ganz, Lisa Ganz, and Bill Ballenberg. Published by Delacorte Press, 1998

Debbie and Lisa Ganz, the twin sisters who own the Twins Restaurant in New York City, offer photos and stories of 38 pairs of twins, from young to old, from celebrity to unknown. They also include smatterings of statistics about twins.

Twins: And What They Tell Us about Who We Are, Lawrence Wright. Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1997

This book reports on findings from research on twins during the past 10-15 years, including topics such as substance use and abuse, personal relationships, and job satisfaction. A review of "nature versus nurture."

 

These book suggestions are provided as a service to our participants.  We sincerely hope they are useful and helpful.  Please feel free to contact us with your own book recommendations and reviews.

          Books for adult twins

          Books for older kids (twins)
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          Books for younger twins

          Books about parenting

Web  sites about twins - A list of web sites designed to educate, support, or just be fun for twins or anyone interested in twins. Please feel free to contact us with your suggestions about additional web sites to add to this list.