fraternal
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Roughly half of the participants were identical twins, who share all of their genes, while the others were fraternal twins, who share about half.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
When community members aren’t arguing, the vibe is generally extremely supportive and fraternal.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
It will continue sending representatives to the U.S. and delivering pro-American, fraternal speeches in Washington, when German voters aren’t listening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
If one fraternal twin is autistic, the chance that the other twin is also autistic is about 20%, or about the same as it would be for a nontwin sibling.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
In 1924, Hermann Werner Siemens, the German eugenicist and Nazi sympathizer, proposed a twin study that advanced Galton’s proposal by meticulously separating identical twins from fraternal twins.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing fraternal
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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Max in the House of Spies
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