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To: thackney
Are these twins "Identical Twins" or "Fraternal Twins"?

I would guess (after googling fraternal twin to mean "non-identical") that they were identical, but I don't know for sure. I myself could tell them apart after a year maybe. And then around age 11 or 12 one got a cheek cut (snowshoveling mishap) that pretty much ended the identical part.

Other facts of the case - I can't remember the mother or father treating them any differently. And after high school I lost touch with them - it would be intersting to see what happened, though.

69 posted on 06/25/2004 9:24:36 AM PDT by searchandrecovery (Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
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To: searchandrecovery
I would guess (after googling fraternal twin to mean "non-identical") that they were identical, but I don't know for sure.

I ask because Identical Twins are formed from the same egg & sperm and have IDENTICAL DNA. Any case of a homosexual identical twin with a hetrosexual twin would discredit a "gay gene" theory.

And I used google also to make sure I had the correct word.

84 posted on 06/25/2004 10:21:34 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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