# Fingerprints

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingerprints/27278>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingerprints/27278 "2000-07-28T23:03:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Burr\_s\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Aaron\_Burr\_s\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aaron_Burr_s_Bullet)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingerprints/27278/1 "2000-07-28T23:03:20Z")

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So everybody has a unique set of fingerprints. Is this reasonable conjecture or has this been proven in some way?

And…

If identical twins share the same DNA, do they not have the same fingerprints?

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**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingerprints/27278/2 "2000-07-28T23:08:51Z")

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Close, but still distinguishable:

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/980821.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/980821.html)