Think You Can Tell Twins Apart?
Three percent of all births in the US are multiples and ninety-five percent of those are twins. I have always wondered, "what makes identical twins different when so much on the surface is the same?"
I have grown up with twins, worked with a twins, and have been friends with twins. In all cases I have found that there are way more similarities than differences, but the differeneces that are present are HUGE. One was significantly more intelligent than the other, or one more athletic than the other or more driven the other. You get the idea. There are differences.
I always felt kind of bad for the lesser of the two twins. How could you not? That person will always be compared to their counterpart no matter what they do in life. You can escape a sibling, you can escape a friend, but there is no way you can escape someone that split from the same embryo.
What do you think?
Nat Geo is going back in to the womb to figure out what exactly occurs when an embryo splits. In The Womb: Twins premieres Sunday December 21 at 9p e/p.
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3 Comments
Hello. I am a furternal twin.I am watching the show and it has made me realize how different my brother and I really are. He is straight and I thought that I was too. But all my life, i;ve had this desire for Men. I just never showed it. I,ve made everyone including myself think that I am straight. Now I understand that I am not. Thank You Greg Chapman
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Hi, I am an identical twin. My brother and I are opposite though in the sense that we are a mirror image of each other. He is more left-handed and I am right-handed. He has a natural part in his hair on his right side and combs his hair to the left and I comb my hair to the right, and I am two to three inches taller and about 65 pounds heavier than he. The rat! But, the reason for my comment. I have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and am currently on disability. My brother has no symptoms and is in constant worry that he too will get the disease. I have assured him that he may never get this disease, as it is not hereditary. We watched the television show last evening (In the Womb) with great interest and now understand to some extent why he and I are not experiencing the indentical health issues. I would be interested in seeing or reading more research. Thank you Greg Chapman
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