mary kate ashley, faternal??? |
| Posted by: ilovenelly-nell | | how is mary kate and ashley faternal twins i always thought they were identictal?? | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: schmiggens | | yeah coz aren't fraternal twins identical and paternal not-identical? | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: ilovenelly-nell | | no but they r fraternal cuz i was watching dis thing on tv and dey were in front of a crowd and marykate and ashely said dat dey were fraternal | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: schmiggens | | You're not listening.
Fraternal means identical, it's just the proper word for it. They ARE fraternal and they ARE identical. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: gaboman | |  but schmiggens...how could 2 words possibly mean the same thing?
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| Posted by: HECK! | |
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gaboman said this in post #6 :
but schmiggens...how could 2 words possibly mean the same thing? |
Actually, that's not exactly right. Fraternal doesn't mean Identical.
Fraternal means the twins are from two different eggs and are no more alike than individual siblings born at different times.
Identical twins are from the same egg that splits and they have the same genetic information.
However, in some rare cases, fraternal twins could LOOK 'identical' (in the sense that they strongly resemble each other) although they are not Identical twins. Some scientists have argued there is a third twin type to explain this occurance.
Dr. HECK is out.
-HECK!
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| Posted by: ilovenelly-nell | |
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HECK said this in post #7 :
Actually, that's not exactly right. Fraternal doesn't mean Identical.
Fraternal means the twins are from two different eggs and are no more alike than individual siblings born at different times.
Identical twins are from the same egg that splits and they have the same genetic information.
However, in some rare cases, fraternal twins could LOOK 'identical' (in the sense that they strongly resemble each other) although they are not Identical twins. Some scientists have argued there is a third twin type to explain this occurance.
Dr. HECK is out.
-HECK! |
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| Posted by: ilovenelly-nell | | ya u r rite heck but i dont get it they look excactly alike | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: HECK! | | They do look practically the same, which would make people think they are identical. But they are fraternal twins, meaning they are each from a different egg and swimmer. They kind of fall into that debated third category I mentioned above.
They are like any other fraternal twins... I've seen some that look nothing alike, one blond and short the other brunette and tall. One could even be male and the other female. Mother Nature is a waaaaaaaacky lady (but cool).
-HECK! | | Reply To this Message
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