BF2S Forums Well I'll be damned. . .my adopted sister has an identical twin.

FFLink wrote:

You're not an identical twin if you and your brother look different, you're just a twin.

Not sure if srs. . . Identical vs Fraternal has nothing to do with how you look. Trust me, I know the difference and I am identical.
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5089,00.html




Did I just get trolled?

FFLink wrote:

You're not an identical twin if you and your brother look different, you're just a twin.

well he did say he and his brother dont look as similar as his adopted sister and her sis, so that leaves room for them still being identical. . they look similar but not very similar

i love the fact that ive been cheapshotted by fflink so many times in the past when he looks like... well, that

congrats mercenary some interesting times ahead for your family!

FFLink is the inspiration for Twilight vampires

i havent seen any pics of him glittery. .

You need some sun, boy. I know it's all rainy and cloudy up in England, but surely the sun comes out once in a while?

RTHKI wrote:

FFLink wrote:

You're not an identical twin if you and your brother look different, you're just a twin.

well he did say he and his brother dont look as similar as his adopted sister and her sis, so that leaves room for them still being identical. . they look similar but not very similar

Huh?

I thought identical meant exactly the same, not similar, which implies not being exactly the same.

That's awesome that your family has adopted so many children. Hope your sister's twin can come and live with you guys.

Why do so many americans adopt from China and such? Why can't you start closer to home?

Even super red white and blue patriots like FEOS adopt from red China

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2010-07-01 03:23:20)

Varegg wrote:

[HOF]Mercenary wrote:

FFLink wrote:

You're not an identical twin if you and your brother look different, you're just a twin.

Not sure if srs. . . Identical vs Fraternal has nothing to do with how you look. Trust me, I know the difference and I am identical.
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5089,00.html




Did I just get trolled?

Wat wat wat?

Of course identical vs fraternal has very much to do with how you look ... identical twins have if at all very tiny differences seeing as they come from the same egg while fraternal is two seperate eggs getting fertilized ... even the article you linked from states that very fact ...

So if you look much different from your twin you are not identical but just a sibling with the same birthday aka two sperms and two eggs ...

And yes I am a father of twins ...

Well of course the majority of identical twins look similar, but it is a result of the twins coming from a single egg which splits in the womb. Sharing genetics makes identical twins identical, not, technically, how they look. Looking the same, in my opinion, is a side effect of sharing the same genetics.

Of course, I never said that me and my brother l look different, I merely stated that my adopted sister and her supposed twin look more similair then my brother and I.

I guess a more appropriate statement would have been, "Identical twins do not necessarily look exactly the same. Sharing DNA is what technically decides identical vs fraternal."

Mekstizzle wrote:

Why do so many americans adopt from China and such? Why can't you start closer to home?

Even super red white and blue patriots like FEOS adopt from red China

Well, I believe for a lot of people what you are getting at may be true. People, if they're going to go to the trouble want the recognition for adopting the kid.

In my families case, each of the children we have adopted has had a major "problem" that we can afford to provide treatment for, but most families could not. For example, in this case, my sister has cleft pallet. Paying for plastic surgeons for multiple operations is not something most people can provide funding for.

My little brother (born in Mongolia) is missing three of the fingers on his right hand. It is not genetic, but rather the result of parental abuse before he was admitted to the orphanage. In his case, we (meaning of course my father) paid for an operation that would have used two of his toes as fingers, hopefully enabling him to use the hand. Unfortunately, my little brother was allergic to the anesthetic and the operation was not able to be performed.

I guess my point is that there are compelling reasons to adopt internally and to foreign countries. For example, internally, kids will grow up in foster homes. Not optimal, but they will get a formal education. In Russia, if a kid hasn't been adopted by 15 he or she is kicked out of the orphanage.

Varegg wrote:

You used the phrase "Identical vs Fraternal has nothing to do with how you look"

When your DNA is a 100% match it sure has a lot to do with how you look ...

[HOF]Mercenary wrote:

I guess a more appropriate statement would have been, "Identical twins do not necessarily look exactly the same. Sharing DNA is what technically decides identical vs fraternal."

I agree! My statement was not accurate. Thank you for the correction.