do half brothers share the same dna?
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It turns out that half-siblings share 25% of their DNA on average. But this is only an average. Because of how DNA is passed down from parents to children, some half-siblings will share more than 25% of their DNA and some will share less. It is this range that makes up for the next part.
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Yes definitely if they are fraternal twins and, although much less common, it is also even possible if they are identical twins. ... For identical twins to have different blood types, something needs to happen to one twin's DNA. Small changes in DNA can and do happen so identical twins do have a few differences.
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Identical twins share the same mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from early life, but whether the mitochondrial sequence remains similar is unclear. ... Thirty-seven variants were shared between the twin individuals, and the variants were verified on the original genomic DNA.
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Identical twins share the same DNA and have, in principal, the same set of genes. But they already start to differ while in the womb. When they are born, they are no longer identical - they do not, for example, have the same fingerprints.
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Because you and your sister are identical twins, you pretty much have the same DNA. Not exactly but pretty darned close. ... They share 25% of their DNA (and genes) instead of the usual 12.5%. Legally your kids and your sister's kids are first cousins but at the DNA level they are half siblings.
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You get half of your DNA from your mom and half from your dad. And since your parents got their DNA from their parents, you also have some DNA from your grandparents. You and a first cousin share a set of grandparents so you also share some of their DNA. That's why you have about 12% of the exact same DNA.
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Monozygotic (MZ) twins, or identical twins, have identical copies of all their genes. In contrast, dizygotic (DZ) twins, or fraternal twins, share, on average, only half of their genes by descent, as do ordinary siblings.
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After all, while huge differences can and do happen with fraternal twins, identical twins are usually exactly that -- identical in skin, hair and eye color. But, actually, twins who start out with identical DNA always have slightly different DNA by the time they're born.
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Fraternal twins are really just siblings who share the same womb. Each starts out as a separate egg fertilized by a separate sperm. They don't share any more DNA than do any two siblings. Siblings normally have 50% of their DNA the same.
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Because of recombination, siblings only share about 50 percent of the same DNA, on average, Dennis says. So while biological siblings have the same family tree, their genetic code might be different in at least one of the areas looked at in a given test. That's true even for fraternal twins.
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Typically, the DNA mutations that define a haplogroup occurred thousands of years ago, so many pairs of people who share a haplogroup are not closely related. ... Any set of males who share a common male-line ancestor (that is, brothers, paternal half-brothers, male paternal cousins) have the same paternal haplogroup.
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It's not possible. Identical twins are completely identical. That's why DNA tests can't tell which twin is which. As their DNA are completely identical, their natural hair color will always be the same.
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No! Studies have concluded that, even though the fingerprints of identical (MZ) twins may be very similar, they are not identical. ... MZ twins share the same genetic makeup (DNA) because they are formed from a single zygote (fertilized egg). However, fingerprints are not an entirely genetic characteristic.
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But because of how DNA is passed on, it is possible for two siblings to have some big differences in their ancestry at the DNA level. ... So yes, it is definitely possible for two siblings to get pretty different ancestry results from a DNA test. Even when they share the same parents.
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Fraternal twins may be the same gender, they may have many of the same characteristics, but also may be very different from each other and, in fact, share half of their genes just like their sisters and brothers.
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Sisters, says Ken Weiss, Evan Pugh professor of anthropology and genetics at Penn State, are no more genetically similar than brothers, although same-sex sibling sets are closer than brother and sister sets. Weiss offers a lesson in basic biology. Get a piece of paper and a pen.
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In other words, sons and daughter are pretty much always 50% related to mom and 50% to dad. But this is where the exact percentages end. Other kinds of relatives share on average around the same amount of DNA. So siblings share around 50% of their DNA, half-siblings around 25% and so on.