Identical twins

[clydeserani]

Do identical twins have identical fingerprints.?
Just wondering....

[hopalong]

No

[lafrancaise]

No, that's the whole point of finger prints; nobody has the same ones!

[lafrancaise]

Amazing really isn't it? though they're more interested in DNA nowadays

[deethiem89]

Yeah but if your identical, how does your body know how to develope everything else the same for identical twins except from the fingerprints ???

[annie0000]

So called identical twins are rarely absolutely identical - it depends on at which point the egg splits as to how similar they will be, but they are more likey to be mirror image than identical. So the fingerprints will propably be very similar but opposite (I think!).

[clydeserani]

Hey deethiem. See thats the kind thing I was thinking about too. So Identical twins don't actually exist then???
I know they share the same genetics but if they don't have identical fingerprints then they are not identical.????
I like your theory annie..mirror images...hmmm, that would be cool..cheers people..

[CushtyFred]

If they don't have identical finger prints, then they aren't identical twins.

[Ethel]

http://multiples.about.com/cs/funfacts/a/twinf ingerprint.htm