# How much age difference between you and your next closest sibling?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 26, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749 "2012-08-26T20:30:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749/81 "2012-08-28T17:04:47Z")

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Youngest by ten years. My twin brothers were apparently somewhat… exhausting.

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749/82 "2012-08-28T19:38:18Z")

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~9.5 years

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**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749/83 "2012-08-28T19:56:22Z")

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I top sis by almost six years to the day.

She watched me, learned how \*\*not \*\*to interact with the parents, and emerged the golden child of the two of us.

bitch. 😃

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749/84 "2012-08-29T17:30:43Z")

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My sister is 11 years older than I am. My brother was 10 years older.

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