• nieceandtows@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    What I’ve found is that after a week socializing with twins, it’s pretty much impossible to confuse one with the other, especially if they’re older. There’s always some little quirk that differentiates the two. The parents who raised them would have to be out of the world shitty if they can’t tell apart their children.

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      1 year ago

      I could see this happening when they are babies though. Like 6 weeks in Bob becomes Tom and Tom becomes Bob and you might never know. I don’t think that would be harmful at such a young age though.

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        1 year ago

        Where I live, birth certificate registration require footprints taken by a nurse. I imagine identical twins still have different footprints pattern?

        Imagine when you’re old and tried to compare your footprints out of curiosity only to find out your identity has been swapped this whole time.