fraternal twin

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Notaro lives near Hollywood with her wife, actor Stephanie Allynne, their 9-year-old fraternal twin boys, Max and Finn, and three cats, Fluff, Linus and Skip.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, the fraternal twin sisters who have made three albums as Ibeyi, are the children of two musicians.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

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