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Fraternal twins are two siblings that have the same birth day, but do not look identical.

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What percentage of twins are fraternal?

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Are female twins that are not identical called Fraternal or Maternal?

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Why Can fraternal twins be different gender but identical twins are always the same gender?

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Are the girl and boy twins identical or fraternal"?

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Are fraternal twins the same as paternal twins?

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Why are Identical and fraternal twins similar?

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