fraternal twin

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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

The results were consistent across both identical and fraternal twin pairs.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

For more expansive searches with a high rate of success, I also signed up for Worldpackers and its fraternal twin, Workaway.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

Inside, the restaurant resembled a fraternal twin of its former self.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2022

Not the shy girl with the tangled black hair in her face, but instead her fraternal twin brother.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides