# How close in age are you to your nearest sibling?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 8, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115 "2016-11-08T23:52:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/21 "2016-11-09T04:28:59Z")
3 years, 3 months and 30 days younger than my older brother. (1218 days)
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### Author:  [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/22 "2016-11-09T05:36:31Z")
> [@digs](#):
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> Two years. Our birthdays are two days apart, as is my wife and her sister.
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> Odd thread idea, anything interesting happen to make you think of it?
The on going _General Questions_ post on the ability of “average” women have 19 children.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/23 "2016-11-09T05:39:17Z")
1 year and 355 days younger than my brother.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/24 "2016-11-09T06:10:32Z")
Three years three days.
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### Author:  [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/25 "2016-11-09T06:11:31Z")
2 years, 1 month, and 26 days older than my brother. We are currently in the short period of the year where my age is his plus 3.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/26 "2016-11-09T06:30:30Z")
11 years, 35 minutes roughly.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/27 "2016-11-09T06:31:13Z")
Three years and one day.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/28 "2016-11-09T07:47:28Z")
Eleven months, ten days older than my first sibling.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/29 "2016-11-09T09:12:43Z")
I am just short of two years older than my sister.
1 year, 11 months, 14 days to be exact.
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/30 "2016-11-09T11:55:43Z")
7 minutes, not uncommon for twins.
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### Author:  [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/31 "2016-11-09T13:40:46Z")
One year, 19 days older. I kid my brother sometimes that after having me, our parents were eager to have another one just like me, and after him, they decided to stop…
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/32 "2016-11-09T14:28:05Z")
17 months and 10 days from my elder brother.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/33 "2016-11-09T16:28:54Z")
Five years, two weeks younger than my big brother.
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### Author:  [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/34 "2016-11-09T18:03:57Z")
11 months and 5 days younger than my brother. Do I win any prizes?
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### Author:  [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/35 "2016-11-09T18:15:37Z")
I am 1 year, 4 months and 18 days younger than my brother.
I’ve always said I was a year and a half younger, but thanks to the SDMB, I now know we are closer in age than I thought.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/36 "2016-11-09T18:57:54Z")
I have a sibling who is fourteen months older and one who is twenty-four months younger.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/37 "2016-11-09T19:27:29Z")
1 year, 6 months younger than my sister.
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/38 "2016-11-09T20:06:49Z")
My sister is 2 years and 354 days younger than I am.
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### Author:  [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/39 "2016-11-09T20:50:42Z")
5 years younger
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-in-age-are-you-to-your-nearest-sibling/771115/40 "2016-11-09T20:55:59Z")
I only have one sibling so it’s pretty easy: 1 year and 6 months exactly. My birthday is May 14 and my brother’s is November 14. I’m younger.
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