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To: gondramB
It apparently starts in the pre-birth environment - the finger prints are apparently extremely similar but slightly different. Apparently difference in nutrition, womb position and blood pressure have slight effects on fingertip growth rate and thus cause tiny fingerprint differences.

You might be onto something there. My brother and I shared the same womb. I weighed one pound more at birth and through life I've always been 10+ pounds heavier.

Another thing, while in the womb, we decided to be just adorable... some things never change. :)

25 posted on 02/18/2009 9:55:28 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: Diver Dave

Bump for later reading as a father of identical twins.

They are almost to the age where they are done losing their baby teeth. They lose (and grow) in a mirror image of each other - every single tooth! (Upper right for one, upper left on the other, etc.)

But yes - different in so many ways. The oldest was a natural birth. The second was an emergency “c-section” with the cord wrapped around her neck. Born 10 weeks premature. Neither had any real complications though. Interesting that the second one (with no air/heart beat) is now about 1/2 inch taller and a couple of pounds heavier. Although at birth I think she was a half - ounce bigger than her sister (IIRC: 3 lbs 4 oz and 3 lbs 4.5 oz).


45 posted on 02/18/2009 11:41:46 PM PST by 21twelve
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