# Arresting an identical twin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arresting-an-identical-twin/475740>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arresting-an-identical-twin/475740 "2008-12-04T20:43:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arresting-an-identical-twin/475740/21 "2008-12-05T21:45:09Z")

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> [@treis](#):
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> I think the editor needs to take a bit closer look at the caption of the photo:

Funny, what I thought first was, “Someone had sex with both of _them_?”

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arresting-an-identical-twin/475740/22 "2008-12-05T21:53:47Z")

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The shape of the friction ridges of fingers are determined, during, and by, gestation.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arresting-an-identical-twin/475740/23 "2008-12-05T21:57:36Z")

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> [@Page\_Fault](#):
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> And I’d bet even clones would have different fingerprints,

Isn’t that what identical twins are?

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