# Identical Twins Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twins-question/201651>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twins-question/201651 "2003-09-15T00:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![paranormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@paranormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paranormal)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twins-question/201651/1 "2003-09-15T00:45:39Z")

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I’ve always heard that no two people have the same fingerprints. But identical twins have the same DNA. So why don’t they have the same fingerprints? I know Cecil touched on the subject, but didn’t give an exact answer.

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**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twins-question/201651/2 "2003-09-15T01:03:30Z")

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[A recent thread that drifted onto this question.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209283)

Basically, DNA ain’t the whole story of how you develop in the womb.